LEADER 04404oam 2200697I 450 001 9910810582203321 005 20240131150056.0 010 $a1-135-08989-2 010 $a0-203-07008-9 010 $a1-299-38680-6 010 $a1-135-08990-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203070086 035 $a(CKB)2550000001017460 035 $a(EBL)1157742 035 $a(OCoLC)833767723 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000856872 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12299296 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000856872 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10818151 035 $a(PQKB)10309697 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1157742 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1157742 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676592 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL469930 035 $a(OCoLC)841908790 035 $a(OCoLC)841216033 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134021 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001017460 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe transformative capacity of new technologies $ea theory of sociotechnical change /$fUlrich Dolata 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (152 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge advances in sociology ;$v96 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-80784-2 311 $a0-415-62693-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies; Copyright Page; Contents; 1. The transformative capacity of new technologies: an introduction; 2. Technology and sectors; 2.1. Business sectors as sociotechnical fields; 2.2 Surveying and mapping the functional elements of sectors; 2.3 The full picture: sectoral modes of regulation; 3. Types of innovation and sociotechnical transformation; 3.1 Starting point: types of innovation and their effects; 3.2 Basic concepts: periods of mismatch, sociotechnical transformations, and transition pathways 327 $a3.3 Specifications: transformative capacity, adaptability, gradual transformation4. New technologies and their transformative capacity; 4.1 Structuration and transformation through technology; 4.2 The contexts in which new technologies emerge and are applied: endogenous vs. exogenous technologies; 4.3 Variant I: low transformative capacity; 4.4 Variant II: high transformative capacity; 4.5 Transformative capacity as a pragmatic research approach; 5. New technologies and sectoral adaptability; 5.1 Transformative impulses from technology and how sectors cope with them 327 $a5.2 Variant I: inadaptability5.3 Variant II: proactive adaptability; 5.4 Variant III: power-based adaptability; 5.5 Adaptability as a pragmatic research approach; 6. New technologies and sectoral transformation; 6.1 Transformative capacity, adaptability, and gradual transformation; 6.2 Gradual transformation and substantial change: empirical introduction; 6.3 Between continuity and change: institutionalism's attempts at eliminating a blind spot; 6.4 Radical change as gradual transformation: characteristics and variants of sociotechnical change 327 $a6.5 Gradual transformation as a pragmatic research approachNotes; References; Index 330 $aScientific concepts on the co-evolution of technology and society, as well as recent sociotechnical system approaches, focus on the general interrelations between technology, socioeconomic structures, and institutions. Their aim is to study and explain processes and modes of technological change. Rarely, however, have answers been put forward on the related question of processes of socioeconomic and institutional change, provoked by emerging new technological opportunities and constraints. The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies redresses this imbalance, explori 410 0$aRoutledge advances in sociology ;$v96. 606 $aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects 606 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aTechnology$xSocial aspects. 676 $a303.48/3 700 $aDolata$b Ulrich.$0874980 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810582203321 996 $aThe transformative capacity of new technologies$93981422 997 $aUNINA