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  • Who’s Driving Innovation?

    New Technologies and the Collaborative State

    by Jack Stilgoe ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    "A much needed, sobering look at the seductive promises of new technologies. You couldn’t ask for a better guide than Jack Stilgoe. His book is measured, fair and incisive.”Hannah Fry, University College London, UK, and author of Hello World: How to be Human in the Age of the Machine“A cracking and insightful little book that thoughtfully examines the most important political and social question ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Dark Side of Innovation

    Edited by Alex Coad, Paul Nightingale, Jack Stilgoe, Antonio Vezzani ...
    This book is a reaction to popular assumptions that innovation is always a force for good. While the popular press and politicians often take the view that "the more innovation, the better", the chapters in this edited volume reflect on the harmful effects of innovation on society and the environment.The book begins with a broad discussion of the dark side of innovation, followed by contributions ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Ethics of Nanotechnology, Geoengineering, and Clean Energy

    Edited by Andrew Maynard, Jack Stilgoe ...
    Nanotechnology, clean technology, and geoengineering span the scale of human ingenuity, from the imperceptibly small to the unimaginably large. Yet they are united by a commonality of ethics that permeates how and why they are developed, and how the resulting consequences are managed. The articles in this volume provide a comprehensive account of current thinking around the ethics of development ... Read more

    $450.99 USD

  • Experiment Earth

    Responsible innovation in geoengineering

    by Jack Stilgoe ...
    Series series The Earthscan Science in Society Series
    Experiments in geoengineering – intentionally manipulating the Earth’s climate to reduce global warming – have become the focus of a vital debate about responsible science and innovation. Drawing on three years of sociological research working with scientists on one of the world’s first major geoengineering projects, this book examines the politics of experimentation. Geoengineering provides a ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Energy Justice in a Changing Climate

    Social Equity and Low-Carbon Energy

    Edited by Karen Bickerstaff, Gordon Walker, Harriet Bulkeley ...
    Series series Just Sustainabilities
    Energy justice is one of the most critical, and yet least developed, concepts associated with sustainability. Much has been written about the sustainability of low-carbon energy systems and policies - with an emphasis on environmental, economic and geopolitical issues. However, less attention has been directed at the social and equity implications of these dynamic relations between energy and low ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Handbook of the Economics of Innovation

    Edited by Bronwyn H. Hall, Nathan Rosenberg ...
    Series Book 1 - Handbook of the Economics of Innovation
    Economists examine the genesis of technological change and the ways we commercialize and diffuse it. The economics of property rights and patents, in addition to industry applications, are also surveyed through literature reviews and predictions about fruitful research directions. Two volumes, available as a set or sold separately - Expert articles consider the best ways to establish optimal ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • Climate Uncertainty and Risk

    Rethinking Our Response

    by Judith Curry ...
    Series series Anthem Environment and Sustainability Initiative
    World leaders have made a forceful statement that climate change is the greatest challenge facing humanity in the 21st century. However, little progress has been made in implementing policies to address climate change. In Climate Uncertainty and Risk, eminent climate scientist Judith Curry shows how we can break this gridlock. This book helps us rethink the climate change problem, the risks we are ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • After Greenwashing

    Symbolic Corporate Environmentalism and Society

    by Frances Bowen ...
    Series series Organizations and the Natural Environment
    Businesses promote their environmental awareness through green buildings, eco-labels, sustainability reports, industry pledges and clean technologies. When are these symbols wasteful corporate spin, and when do they signal authentic environmental improvements? Based on twenty years of research, three rich case studies, a strong theoretical model and a range of practical applications, this book ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Ethics and Science

    An Introduction

    by Adam Briggle, Carl Mitcham ...
    Series series Cambridge Applied Ethics
    Who owns your genes? What does climate science imply for policy? Do corporations conduct honest research? Should we teach intelligent design? Humans are creating a new world through science. The kind of world we are creating will not simply be decided by expanding scientific knowledge, but will depend on views about good and bad, right and wrong. These visions, in turn, depend on critical thinking ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Social Innovation

    Solutions for a Sustainable Future

    Edited by René Schmidpeter, Thomas Osburg ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Social Innovation is becoming an increasingly important topic in our global society. Those organizations which are able to develop business solutions to the most urgent social and ecological challenges will be the leading companies of tomorrow. Social Innovation not only creates value for society but will be a key driver for business success. Although the concept of Social Innovation is discussed ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Reason in a Dark Time

    Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed -- and What It Means for Our Future

    by Dale Jamieson ...
    From the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Conference there was a concerted international effort to stop climate change. Yet greenhouse gas emissions increased, atmospheric concentrations grew, and global warming became an observable fact of life. In this book, philosopher Dale Jamieson explains what climate change is, why we have failed to stop it, and why it still matters what ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

  • Innovation, Technology and Knowledge

    Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger Stough ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Global Competition
    In the last four decades the developed economies have developed into veritable knowledge economies at the same time as more and more economies have entered the road to economic development. Typical for the developments during this time has been substantially increased investments in research and development (R&D) to generate new knowledge and new technologies and increased investments in diffusing ... Read more

    $77.99 USD