Rethinking Science, Technology, and Social Change

"This book grapples with one of the most pressing issues of our time - the social impact of new technologies. It provides a refreshingly provocative view of the force of technology in determining the conditions for our everyday lives. It is a welcome and highly original addition to the social studies of science and technology." —Judy Wajcman, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
"This is a timely and bold book. It takes issue with the knee jerk reaction to 'Technological Determinism' that is prevalent in social science, and explores how technology plays a material role in societies and influences
social institutions and change. . . . This landmark study will need to be taken into account by historians, sociologists, economists, engineers, scientists, and those concerned with science, technology, and innovation
policy."—Ian Miles, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
"Schroeder has developed a skepticism about what he finds the reductionism of the dominant social constructivist thought. His ideas have not been popular so far, and he would be surprised if reaction to the book were much different. Such disagreement, he says, is how science works when it works."—Book News