Technology, Politics, and Society in China

ISBN-13: 9780367305246 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 255 str.

Rudi Volti

Opis

This book summarizes the major technological policies implemented in China since 1949 and examines them in their social and historical context. It looks at technological change in China as part of a broader process of economic, political, cultural, and organizational change.

Spis treści

Also of Interest -- Introduction -- Technological Development in Context -- Technology and Society in Traditional China -- The Evolution of Technological Policy in the People’s Republic -- Ideological Orientations and Policy Issues -- Organizational Patterns and Technological Change -- The Process of Technological Development: Four Sectoral Studies -- Agricultural Technologies -- Energy Technologies -- Surface Transportation Technologies -- Medical Technologies -- Conclusion

O autorze

Rudi Volti is associate professor of sociology at Pitzer College and a member of the Asian studies faculty at Claremont Graduate School, where he teaches courses on modern Chinese history, technology and society, complex organizations, and economic sociology.