Technology Choice

A Critique Of The Appropriate Technology Movement

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvKelvin W Willoughby

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This book attempts to provide a theoretical framework for answering difficult questions evoked by the concept of technology choice primarily by conducting a review of the Appropriate Technology movement and its ideas and experiments.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-05-31
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor350
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367305154

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Preface -- Conceptual Groundwork -- Introduction: The Concept of Technology Choice -- Technological Semantics -- Appropriate Technology as a Social Movement -- The Appropriate Technology Movement -- Schumacher and Intermediate Technology: Foundations -- Schumacher and Intermediate Technology: Developments -- Appropriate Technology in the South -- Appropriate Technology in the North -- Emerging International Trends -- Prospects for Technology Choice -- Criticisms of Appropriate Technology -- An Integrated Framework -- A Review of Plausible Criticisms -- Facing the Future