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Technology and the Common Good: The Unity and Division of a Democratic Society

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Availability:In StockContributor:Allen BatteauPublish date:2022-06-10Pages:234
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781800735262ISBN-10:180073526XUPC:9781800735262Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Technology Studies, Anthropology, Media StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCQTD1XG74

Building on the work of Elinor Ostrom (Governing the Commons) the author examines how the different shared goods of a democratic society are shaped by technology and demonstrates how club goods, common pool resources, and public goods are supported, enhanced, and disrupted by technology. He further argues that as the common good is undermined by different interests, it should be possible to reclaim technology, if the members of the society conclude that they have something in common.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781800735262ISBN-10:180073526XUPC:9781800735262Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Technology Studies, Anthropology, Media StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCQTD1XG74

Allen Batteau is a cultural anthropologist, Professor at Wayne State University's Department of Anthropology, and former director of the University's Institute for Information Technology and Culture. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the US Air Force, the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, and numerous other corporate and international bodies. He is a certified private pilot, and co-author (with Jing Hyung-Sing) of Dragon in the Cockpit (Routledge, 2015), a study of cultural issues in aviation safety.


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