02230    a2200313   4500001001100000005001700011008004100028020001800069037003600087040000700123041000800130072001600138072001500154072001500169072001700184072001400201072001300215072001300228072001500241072002100256072002100277072001900298100001800317245008300335250000600418260003200424300001000456520145000466113880784220250317100419.0250312042014GB        10           eng    a9781138807846  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 43.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHBL2thema7 aKJU2thema7 aGPS2thema7 aKJMV62thema7 aJHBL2bic7 aKJU2bic7 aGPS2bic7 aKJMV62bic7 aSOC0000002bisac7 aSOC0260002bisac7 a303.4832bisac1 aUlrich Dolata10aTransformative Capacity of New TechnologiesbA Theory of Sociotechnical Change  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20140704  a152 p  bScientific concepts on the co-evolution of technology and society, as well as recent sociotechnical system approaches, focus on the general interrelations between technology, socioeconomic structures, and institutions. Their aim is to study and explain processes and modes of technological change. Rarely, however, have answers been put forward on the related question of processes of socioeconomic and institutional change, provoked by emerging new technological opportunities and constraints. The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies redresses this imbalance, exploring the questions: how and to what extent do socioeconomic structures, institutions, and actors change under the influence of new technologies? how do they react to technology-induced pressures to change? what patterns do they adopt? The book provides theoretical considerations as well as practical tools for analyzing and classifying exceptional periods of substantial sociotechnical change. It examines the literature on path-dependency and path-creation, on organizational and institutional change, and on sociotechnical transitions. Case studies on subjects such as the pharmaceutical industry, the music industry, the energy sector, and scientific publishing support the theoretical analysis. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology, science and technology studies, work and industry studies, and management of technology and innovation.