Conceptualizing technological change : theoretical and empirical explorations / Govindan Parayil.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [1999]Copyright date: ©1999Description: viii, 211 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0847695204
- 9780847695201
- 303.483 21
- T14.5 .P37 1999
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 303.483 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A250240B |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Historical Models -- Ch. 3. Sociological Models -- Ch. 4. Economic Models -- Ch. 5. Neo-Schumpeterian Evolutionary Models -- Ch. 6. Technological Change as Problem Solving -- Ch. 7. Contingency and Practical Reflexivity -- Ch. 8. Competing Models and Their Explanatory Power -- Ch. 9. Technological Change as Knowledge Change: Toward a Syncretic Theory of Technological Change.
"In this book, Parayil draws together current scholarship from disciplines ranging from history to economics to sociology as he develops a cohesive theory of technological change. Drawing on a detailed case study of the Green Revolution in Indian agriculture, Parayil convincingly argues that technological change is contingent upon the social-historical process of knowledge change. Thus, he explores the policy implications of analyzing technological change as a problem-solving activity. This book will also be valuable for those interested in such practical applications as understanding the process of technology transfer."--Jacket.
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