Science Studies Probing the Dynamics of Scientific Knowledge

• Main Authors: Maasen, Sabine, Winterhager, Matthias
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bielefeld Transcript Verlag 2001; transcript Verlag; transcript-Verlag
• Edition: 1
• Series: Sozialtheorie
• Subjects: Impact of science and technology on society; Mathematics and Science; Modern Society; Science; Science: general issues; Scientometrie; Social sciences; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Sociology of Knowledge; Sociology of Science

How can we understand the intensifying interactions of science and society? It is the interdisciplinary field called science studies that provides us with a rich inventory of analytical approaches. They help us explore science as a practice, a subsystem, a culture, and an institution. Their joint ob...