Similar concerns, different styles? Technology studies in Western Europe

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Proceedings of the COST A4 workshop in Ruvaslahti, Finland, 13 and 14 January 1994
Social policy

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-RESEARCH-AND-INNOVATION
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
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social sciences
SIMILAR CONCERNS, DIFFERENT STYLES?
TECHNOLOGY STUDIES IN WESTERN EUROPE
Proceedings of the COST A4 workshop in Ruvaslahti, Finland
13 and 14 January 1994
Edited by Tarja Cronberg and Knut H. Sørensen European Commission
social sciences
COST
A4
Volume 4
SIMILAR CONCERNS, DIFFERENT STYLES?
TECHNOLOGY STUDIES IN WESTERN EUROPE
Proceedings of the COST A4 workshop in Ruvaslahti, Finland
13 and 14 January 1994
Edited by Tarja Cronberg and Knut H. Sørensen Published by the
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Directorate-General XIII
Telecommunications, Information Market and Exploitation of Research
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ISBN 92-827-4971-1
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Printed in Portugal FOREWORD
This collection of papers was orginially presented at a workshop in
Ruvaslahti i Finland, January 14-14 1994. The workshop was part of an
initiative of the management committee of COST A4, The social shaping of
technology, to produce a series of national reports on the state of art of
social shaping of technology-research in the participating countries. Most of
the papers have benefitted from the vibrant discoussions at Ruvaslathi and
also from the comments from Madelaine Akrich and Wiebe Bijker.
The workshop was arranged with support from COST and local
funding from Finland. The work on the reports has been supported by
national sources.
In editing this collection, we have revecieved valueable assistance from
Kari Heitman (secretarial assistance) and Bjørn Olav Listog (proof-reading).
Some support for this work has been given from the Norwegian Research
Council, programme on "Information Technology and Society".
We hope this collection will provide a useful overview of research on
the social shaping of technology in the participating countries. Good reading!
Trondheim/Copenhagen
July 1995
Tarja Cronberg Knut H. Sørensen CONTENTS:
Foreword i
Table of contents '. . .iii
Tarja Cronberg and Knut H.Sørensen:
Similar conserns, different styles?
A note on European approaches to the social
shaping of technology 1
M.Leys:
Social shaping of technology in Belgium 25
Birgitte Munch:
Danish approaches in social studies of technology 41
Tuomo Särkikoski:
The social studies of technology in Finland.
A historical review from the perspective of
industrial sociology 91
Jacques Perrin:
Social shaping of technology approaches in France.
Historical context and main trends 129
Werner Rammert:
Technology within society (Part I)
Research on the Generation and development of
technology: The state of the art in Germany , 161
in ? Similar concerns, different styles
Werner Rammert:
Technology within society (Part II)
Research fields and theoretical differences in
Germany in the 1990s 201
Robin Williams and David Edge:
British perspectives on the social shaping of technology:
A review of research 239
Harro van Lente:
The Rise of Technology Studies in The Netherlands 287
Knut H.Sørensen:
Action versus analysis.
Making sense of technology studies in Norway 327
Pierre Rossel:
Survey of Swiss research on innovation and
technological change 369
List of research groups and institutions 405
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