Technology Assessment
How well does technology assessment (TA) relate to women's lives? If women are underrepresented in the long-term research and development process that leads to scientific advancements, how can TA understand technology aimed at women? It can't, claims the author of Technology Assessment: A Feminist Perspective.A relative new field, TA examines the social aspect of technology and provides information critical to decision making, policy development, safety standards, and avoiding litigation. Until…
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- Full title :Technology Assessment / Janine Marie Morgall.
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How well does technology assessment (TA) relate to women's lives? If women are underrepresented in the long-term research and development process that leads to scientific advancements, how can TA understand technology aimed at women? It can't, claims the author of Technology Assessment: A Feminist Perspective.A relative new field, TA examines the social aspect of technology and provides information critical to decision making, policy development, safety standards, and avoiding litigation. Until gender analysis is introduced into all assessments of new technologies, Janine.
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- Publication Date:©1993.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Temple University Press
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1993.
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (265 p.).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9786612581830, 6612581832, 1439904731, 9781439904732
- oclc:on1303477346
- LC Classification:T174.5
- Dewey Decimal:303.48/3/082
Table of Contents
Acknoledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: On the Importance of Gender Analysis; Part I: Technology Assessment; 1. Evolution; 2. Organization; 3. Methods and Their Limitations; 4. Problems Perceived by Proponents; Part II: Women and Technology; 5. A Feminist Perspective on Technology; 6. A Feminist Approach to Assessment; Part III: Women and Technology: Examples; 7. The Clerical Sector; 8. Reproductive Technology; Conclusion: Drawing Out Criteria for a Critical Feminist Approach; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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