Technology Books

New and Published Books

1. Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture

   Putting Research into use in Low Income Countries

   By Norman Clark, Andy Frost, Ian Maudlin, Andrew Ward

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

   Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries reviews part of this programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
2. Technological Change and Network Effects in Growth Regimes

   Exploring the Microfoundations of Economic Growth

   By Torsten Heinrich

   Series: Routledge Advances in Heterodox Economics

   In this new volume it is argued that network effects are much more common than usually assumed, and that they have a profound impact on many aspects of economic systems, especially technological change and economic growth. The analysis and modelling of this interrelationship is the central focus of...

   Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. The Technological State in Indonesia

   The Co-constitution of High Technology and Authoritarian Politics

   By Sulfikar Amir

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series

   Using a historical sociology approach, this book illustrates the formation of the technological state in Indonesia during the New Order period (1966-1998). It explores the nexus between power, high technology, development, and authoritarianism situated in the Southeast Asian context. The book...

   Published September 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. Innovation in Complex Social Systems

   Edited by Petra Ahrweiler

   Series: Routledge Studies in Global Competition

   Innovation is the creation of new, technologically feasible, commercially realisable products and processes and, if things go right, it emerges from the ongoing interaction of innovative organisations such as universities, research institutes, firms, government agencies and venture capitalists....

   Published June 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. High-Technology Entrepreneurship

   By Ray Oakey

   With the global economy in a precarious position, nurturing new entrepreneurial high-technology firms is likely to comprise a key component of any policy to encourage economic growth, both in developed and developing countries. Recent high-technology ventures – such as retailing in the music...

   Published May 31st 2012 by Routledge
6. The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource

   Edited by William Nuttall, Richard Clarke, Bartek Glowacki

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

   The book reveals the changing dynamics of the helium industry on both the supply-side and the demand-side. The helium industry has a long-term future and this important gas will have a role to play for many decades to come. Major new users of helium are expected to enter the market, especially in...

   Published April 25th 2012 by Routledge
7. Agricultural Development in China and Africa

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Li Xiaoyun, Qi Gubo, Tang Lixia, Zhao Lixia, Jin Leshan, Guo Zhanfeng, Wu Jin

   Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance...

   Published April 23rd 2012 by Routledge
8. Design Research

   Synergies from Interdisciplinary Perspectives

   Edited by Jesper Simonsen, Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt, Monika Büscher, John Damm Scheuer

   Design Research is a new interdisciplinary research area with a social science orientation at its heart, and this book explores how scientific knowledge can be put into practice in ways that are at once ethical, creative, helpful, and extraordinary in their results. In order to clarify the common...

   Published January 25th 2012 by Routledge
9. Youth, Society and Mobile Media in Asia

   Edited by Stephanie Hemelryk Donald, Theresa Dirndorfer Anderson, Damien Spry

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   This book examines the influence of mobile media technology on the lives of young people in East and North Asia, South East Asia and Australia. It discusses the impact information communication technologies have today on social identity, well-being, participation and exclusion. It explores current...

   Published August 16th 2011 by Routledge
10. Law, Human Agency and Autonomic Computing

    The Philosophy of Law Meets the Philosophy of Technology

    Edited by Mireille Hildebrandt, Antoinette Rouvroy

    Law, Human Agency and Autonomic Computing interrogates the legal implications of the notion and experience of human agency implied by the emerging paradigm of autonomic computing, and the socio-technical infrastructures it supports. The development of autonomic computing and ambient...

    Published April 11th 2011 by Routledge