Rachel A. (Hrsg.) Parker

Can Emerging Technologies Make a Difference in Development?

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In this innovative and entirely original text, which has been thoughtfully edited to ensure coherence and readability across disciplines, scientists and practitioners from around the world provide evidence of the opportunities for, and the challenges of, developing collaborative approaches to bringing advanced and emerging technology to poor communities in developing countries in a responsible and sustainable manner. This volume will stimulate and satisfy readers seeking to engage in a rich and challenging discussion, integrating many strands of social thought and physical science. For those also seeking to creatively engage in the great chal… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Appelbaum, Richard P. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-136-48501-5
EAN: 9781136485015
Produktnummer: 13800430
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'007 KB
Abbildungen: Following 'Crime and Terrorism Risk' design, 27 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 8 schwarz-weiße Tabellen

Über den Autor

Rachel A. Parker is a Research Staff Member at the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara where she worked with Richard Appelbaum at the NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Center for Nanotechnology in Society; her research focuses on issues relating to emerging technologies and globalization. Richard P. Appelbaum is MacArthur Chair in Global & International Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is co-PI at the NSF-funded Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, Center for Nanotechnology in Society, where he directs the interdisciplinary research group on globalization and nanotechnology.