Conceptualizing Technological Change - Theoretical and Empirical Explorations

In this original and thoughtful book, Govindan Parayil draws together current scholarship from disciplines ranging from history to economics to sociology as he develops a cohesive theory of technological change. Drawing on a detailed case study of the Green Revolution in Indian agriculture, Parayil convincingly argues that technological change is contingent upon the social-historical process of knowledge change.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Historical Models Chapter 3 Sociological Models Chapter 4 Economic Models Chapter 5 Neo-Schumpeterian and Evolutionary Models Chapter 6 Technological Change as Problem-Solving Chapter 7 Contingency and Practical Reflexivity Chapter 8 Competing Models and Their Explanatory Power Chapter 9 Technological Change as Knowledge Change: Toward a Syncretic Theory of Technological Change

About the author

By Govindan Parayil

Product details

• Authors: Govindan Parayil
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2002
• EAN: 9780742520042
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2004-2
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 223 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 331 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Technology: general issues, Social and cultural anthropology, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies