Vulnerability in Technological Cultures : New Directions in Research and Governance.
Hommels, Anique.
Vulnerability in Technological Cultures : New Directions in Research and Governance. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (399 pages) - Inside Technology Series . - Inside Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Contributing Authors -- 1 Studying Vulnerability in Technological Cultures -- Part I Framing the Vulnerability Issue -- 2 Agricultural Change in a South Indian Village: An Account of the Multiplicity of Vulnerable Livelihoods -- 3 Cultural Politics of Vulnerability: Historical-Ethnography of Dearth and Debt, and Farmers' Suicides in India -- 4 Relocation of Vulnerability in Neonatal Intensive Care Medicine -- 5 Vulnerability and Development-Bhopal's Lasting Legacy -- 6 Narratives of Vulnerability and Violence: Retelling the Gujarat Riots -- Part II Exploring the Ambiguity of Vulnerability -- 7 Creative Dissent: Linking Vulnerability and Knowledge in India -- 8 Resilience: Contingency, Complexity, and Practice -- 9 Entrainment, Imagination, and Vulnerability-Lessons from Large-Scale Accidents in the Offshore Industry -- 10 Vulnerable Practices: Organizing through Bricolage in Railroad Maintenance -- Part III The Governance of Vulnerability -- 11 Governing a Vulnerable Society: Toward a Precaution-Based Approach -- 12 Regulating Risks by Rules: Compliance and Negotiated Drift in the Dutch Chemical Industry under the Seveso Regime -- 13 Dealing with Vulnerability: Balancing Prevention with Resilience as a Method of Governance -- 14 A Pragmatist Approach to the Governance of Vulnerability -- 15 From Sustainability to Transformation: Dynamics and Diversity in Reflexive Governance of Vulnerability -- References -- Index -- Inside Technology Series.
Analysis and case studies explore the concept of vulnerability, offering a novel and broader approach to understanding the risks and benefits of science and technology.
9780262323130
Technology-Social aspects.
Electronic books.
T14.5 / .H666 2014
303.483
Vulnerability in Technological Cultures : New Directions in Research and Governance. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (399 pages) - Inside Technology Series . - Inside Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Contributing Authors -- 1 Studying Vulnerability in Technological Cultures -- Part I Framing the Vulnerability Issue -- 2 Agricultural Change in a South Indian Village: An Account of the Multiplicity of Vulnerable Livelihoods -- 3 Cultural Politics of Vulnerability: Historical-Ethnography of Dearth and Debt, and Farmers' Suicides in India -- 4 Relocation of Vulnerability in Neonatal Intensive Care Medicine -- 5 Vulnerability and Development-Bhopal's Lasting Legacy -- 6 Narratives of Vulnerability and Violence: Retelling the Gujarat Riots -- Part II Exploring the Ambiguity of Vulnerability -- 7 Creative Dissent: Linking Vulnerability and Knowledge in India -- 8 Resilience: Contingency, Complexity, and Practice -- 9 Entrainment, Imagination, and Vulnerability-Lessons from Large-Scale Accidents in the Offshore Industry -- 10 Vulnerable Practices: Organizing through Bricolage in Railroad Maintenance -- Part III The Governance of Vulnerability -- 11 Governing a Vulnerable Society: Toward a Precaution-Based Approach -- 12 Regulating Risks by Rules: Compliance and Negotiated Drift in the Dutch Chemical Industry under the Seveso Regime -- 13 Dealing with Vulnerability: Balancing Prevention with Resilience as a Method of Governance -- 14 A Pragmatist Approach to the Governance of Vulnerability -- 15 From Sustainability to Transformation: Dynamics and Diversity in Reflexive Governance of Vulnerability -- References -- Index -- Inside Technology Series.
Analysis and case studies explore the concept of vulnerability, offering a novel and broader approach to understanding the risks and benefits of science and technology.
9780262323130
Technology-Social aspects.
Electronic books.
T14.5 / .H666 2014
303.483