The Economics of Science: A Critical Realist Overview: Towards a Synthesis of Political Economy and Science and Technology Studies

ISBN-13: 9781138798045 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 216 str.

David Tyfield;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This title sets out an introduction to the existing literature on the economics of science together with novel discussion of the field from a critical realist perspective. It examines the strengths and weaknesses of disciplines offering more promising starting points.

Recenzje

"This book is a welcome return to theorizing in STS...  Tyfield’s book shows what a fruitful way into fundamental philosophical questions a political-economic approach provides."— Charles Thorpe, Science as Culture

O autorze

David Tyfield is a lecturer at the Centre for Mobilities Research and Sociology Department, Lancaster University.　 He is reviews editor of Science as Culture and formerly an editor of the Journal of Critical Realism.