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Culture Matters: International Research Collaboration in a Changing World: Summary of a Workshop by Planning Committee for the Workshop on Culture Matters: An Approach to International Research Agreements 9780309308953
RRP: $42.57$37.72In an increasingly interconnected world, science and technology research often transects international boundaries and involves researchers from multiple nations. This paradigm provides both new opportunities and new challenges. As science and technology... -
Adopting the International System of Units for Radiation Measurements in the United States: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 9780309453882
RRP: $47.73$42.13Most countries in the world use the SI (SystAme International, also known as the metric system) units for radiation measurements in commercial and technical activities. The United States, in contrast, uses a mix of SI and conventional units for radiation... -
Cybersecurity in Finance: Getting the Policy Mix Right by Sylvain Bouyon 9781786612175
RRP: $116.10$110.49In the midst of several large cyberattacks in 2017, the European Commission adopted its multi-sector cybersecurity package in September of that same year. Whereas this initiative can be expected to contribute to strengthening the cyber-resilience and... -
National Science Foundation: Background, Policies, and Contracting Practices by Leslie Murphy 9781633219724
RRP: $211.55$136.92The National Science Foundation (NSF) supports both basic research and education in the nonmedical sciences and engineering. Congress established the foundation as an independent federal agency in 1950 and directed it to "promote the progress of... -
Who Governs the Internet?: A Political Architecture by Robert J. Domanski 9781498512701
RRP: $107.07$99.45There remains a widespread perception among both the public and elements of academia that the Internet is "ungovernable". However, this idea, as well as the notion that the Internet has become some type of cyber-libertarian utopia, is wholly... -
Democratizing Science: The Political Roots of the Public Engagement Agenda by Paola Mattei 9781529223958
RRP: $61.91$47.79Public trust in the scientific community is under extraordinary pressure. Crucial areas of human activity and public policy, such as education, universities, climate and health care are influenced by populist political strategies rather than... -
Regulating Privacy: Data Protection and Public Policy in Europe and the United States by Colin J. Bennett 9780801426117
RRP: $149.64$127.63The information revolution has brought with it the technology for easily collecting personal information about individuals, a facility that inherently threatens personal privacy. Colin J. Bennett here examines political responses to the data protection... -
Science, Risk, and Policy by Andrew J. Knight 9780367875091
RRP: $51.59$45.23For decades, experts and the public have been at odds over the nature and magnitude of risks and how they should be mitigated through policy. Experts argue that the fears of the public are irrational, and that public policy should be based on sound... -
The Idea of Technological Innovation: A Brief Alternative History by Benoit Godin 9781839103995
$122.05This timely book explores technological innovation as a concept, dissecting its emergence, development and use. Benoit Godin offers an exciting new historiography of the subject, arguing that the study of innovation originates not from scholars but from... -
Advanced Introduction to Technology Policy by Albert N. Link 9781789902112
$116.89Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid... -
Technology Transfer and US Public Sector Innovation by Albert N. Link 9781788976558
$115.60Technology Transfer and US Public Sector Innovation provides an overview of US technology policies that are the genesis for observed technology transfer activities. By describing the technology transfer process from US federal laboratories and other... -
The Rise of the Hybrid Domain: Collaborative Governance for Social Innovation by Yuko Aoyama 9781785360428
$128.50By conceptualizing the rise of the hybrid domain as an emerging institutional form that overlaps public and private interests, this book explores how corporations, states, and civil society organizations develop common agendas, despite the differences in... -
The Governance of Socio-Technical Systems: Explaining Change by Susana Borras 9781784710187
$129.79Why are so few electric cars in our streets today? Why is it difficult to introduce electronic patient records in our hospitals? To answer these questions we need to understand how state and non-state actors interact with the purpose of transforming... -
China at a Threshold: Exploring Social Change in Techno-Social Systems by James B. Cuffe 9781032082790
RRP: $51.59$45.23Once the world's most technologically advanced civilisation, China is poised to yet again take this mantle, having made incredible technological strides over recent decades; but what does this in fact mean? What will this mean for Chinese society, and... -
The Control Paradox: From AI to Populism by Ezio Di Nucci 9781786615787
RRP: $131.58$121.66Is technological innovation spinning out of control? Within one week in 2018, social media was revealed to have had a huge influence on the 2016 presidential election in the United States; while the first fatality from self-driving cars was recorded... -
Cloud Empires: How Digital Platforms Are Overtaking the State and How We Can Regain Control by Vili Lehdonvirta 9780262548380
RRP: $29.67$19.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262548380Author Vili LehdonvirtaFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
National Policies For Developing High Technology Industries: International Comparisons by Francis W. Rushing 9780367011406
RRP: $46.43$40.88Over the past three decades there has been a growing Interest In policies designed to stimulate growth and development through the development of high technology industries. Often these industrial policies encourage development of the high technology... -
The AI Wave in Defence Innovation: Assessing Military Artificial Intelligence Strategies, Capabilities, and Trajectories by Michael Raska 9781032110769
RRP: $161.25$139.14An international and interdisciplinary perspective on the adoption and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in defence and military innovation by major and middle powers. Advancements in AI and ML pose pressing questions... -
Digital Governance: Applying Advanced Technologies to Improve Public Service by Michael E. Milakovich 9781032104911
RRP: $47.72$42.48The application of digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) to reform governmental structures and public service is widely and perhaps naively viewed as the twenty-first century "savior," the enlightened way to reinvigorate... -
Smart Policies for Societies in Transition: The Innovation Challenge of Inclusion, Resilience and Sustainability by Mats Benner 9781788970808
$129.79This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline thanks to generous funding support from The Swedish Governmental Agency For Innovation Systems, Vinnova. This... -
Innovative State by Aneesh Chopra 9780802121349
RRP: $15.47$15.40Over the last twenty years, our economy and our society have been completely revolutionized by technology. As Aneesh Chopra shows in Innovative State, once it became clear how much this would change America, a movement arose around the idea that these... -
Sino-us Science And Technology Competitiveness Assessment Report (2020) by Debin Du
RRP: $141.90$122.89Since 2018, the Sino-US trade dispute has been escalating. Science and technology (S&T) and innovation are not only the underlying areas of trade dispute between the two largest economic powers, but also the critical factors in determining whether... -
Regulating Cyber Technologies: Privacy Vs Security by Nathalie Rebe
RRP: $161.25$139.41Regulating cyber matters is a complex task, as cyberspace is an intricate world full of new threats related to a person's identity, finance, and private information. Algorithm manipulation, hate crimes, cyber-laundering, and data theft are strong menaces... -
Cyber Laundering: International Policies And Practices by Nathalie Rebe
RRP: $161.25$139.41This book illustrates current cyber laundering practices and the underlying risks associated with them, such as cross-border crimes and terrorism financing. Despite the existence of international regulations and strong worldwide cooperation,... -
National Policies For Developing High Technology Industries: International Comparisons by Francis W. Rushing
RRP: $49.01$43.06This book discusses the informatics industry in Brazil, France, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Taiwan, and the U.S., as models to examine the role of governments in promoting advanced technology. It considers the long-range policy analysis and evaluation... -
Knowledge Alchemy: Models and Agency in Global Knowledge Governance by Tero Erkkilä
RRP: $103.20$78.52This book introduces the concept of ‘knowledge alchemy’ to capture the generic process of transforming mundane practices and policies of governance into competitive ones following imagined global gold standards. Using examples from North America, Europe... -
Science Evaluation and Status Creation: Exploring the European Research Council's Authority by Peter Edlund
$122.05In this insightful book, Peter Edlund takes a status-based approach to theorizing the development of the European Research Council (ERC). Drawing upon rich empirical material, the author vividly details how the ERC was transformed from a funding... -
Artificial Intelligence: Evolution, Ethics and Public Policy by Saswat Sarangi
RRP: $51.59$45.23What will the future be?A dystopian landscape controlled by machines or a brave new world full of possibilities?Perhaps the answer lies with Artificial Intelligence (AI)-a phenomenon much beyond technology that has, continues to, and will shape lives in... -
Electrifying Anthropology: Exploring Electrical Practices and Infrastructures by Simone Abram
RRP: $51.59$45.23What kinds of expertise and knowledge relate to electricity, and where is the space for alternative voices? How can the new roles for electricity in social and cultural life be acknowledged? How can we speak about 'it' in its own right while... -
Advanced Introduction to Technology Policy by Albert N. Link
RRP: $23.16$21.23Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid... -
Telecom Tensions: Internet Service Providers and Public Policy in Canada by Mike Zajko
RRP: $34.82$26.92Today's internet service providers mediate communication, control data flow, and influence everyday online interactions. In other words, they have become ideal agents of public policy and instruments of governance. In Telecom Tensions Mike Zajko... -
The New Global Politics of Science: Knowledge, Markets and the State by Mats Benner
$123.34Science has become a central political concern with massive increases in public investment, but resources are embedded in a complex web of expectations that vary between countries and regions. This book outlines an insightful understanding of science... -
Authors, Users, and Pirates: Copyright Law and Subjectivity by James Meese
RRP: $42.57$36.69An examination of subjectivity in copyright law, analyzing authors, users, and pirates through a relational framework. In current debates over copyright law, the author, the user, and the pirate are almost always invoked. Some in the creative industries... -
The Invention of Technological Innovation: Languages, Discourses and Ideology in Historical Perspective by Benoit Godin
$142.69This timely book provides an intellectual and conceptual history of a key representation of innovation: technological innovation. Tracing the history of the discourses of scholars, practitioners and policy-makers, and exploring how and why innovation... -
The Control Paradox: From AI to Populism by Ezio Di Nucci
$39.93Is technological innovation spinning out of control? Within one week in 2018, social media was revealed to have had a huge influence on the 2016 presidential election in the United States; while the first fatality from self-driving cars was recorded... -
Handbook on Alternative Theories of Innovation by Benoit Godin 9781035315536
RRP: $59.28$53.20This insightful Handbook scrutinizes alternative concepts and approaches to the dominant economic or industrial theories of innovation. Providing an assessment of these approaches, it questions the absence of these neglected types of innovation and... -
Crime, Criminal Justice and Ethics in Outer Space: International Perspectives Yarin Eski 9781032567907
RRP: $174.15$148.03Breaking new ground in criminology, this book reflects on the expansion of outer space endeavours, the new pathways this presents for crime, challenges to Earth-based conceptions of justice, and the ethical issues raised.This book is the first edited... -
Pioneering Progress: American Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy William B. Bonvillian 9780262549448
RRP: $61.92$52.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262549448Author William B. BonvillianFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Modernization in Eastern Tibet: Leviathan the Forager Su Hu 9781032590899
RRP: $167.70$142.55Using ethnographic materials and documents from East Tibetan villages, this book addresses the impact of modernization on everyday life and the ways in which it melds with traditional forms of knowledge to create a new Tibetan identity and scientific... -
The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation Cory Doctorow 9781804292143
RRP: $14.18$12.05When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extraction...