Description
Product ID: | 9780367682125 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Advances in Sociology |
Title: | Socio-gerontechnology |
Subtitle: | Interdisciplinary Critical Studies of Ageing and Technology |
Authors: | Author: Alexander Peine, Wendy, Ph.D. Martin, Louis Neven, Barbara Marshall |
Page Count: | 262 |
Subjects: | Social and ethical issues, Social issues & processes, Sociology, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Sociology, Environmental science, engineering & technology |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Outlining the basic principles of a new academic field, Socio-gerontechnology, this book explores common conceptual, theoretical and methodological ideas that become visible in the critical scholarship on ageing and technology at the intersection of Age Studies and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Social change in the twenty-first century is shaped by both demographic changes associated with ageing societies and significant technological change and development. Outlining the basic principles of a new academic field, Socio-gerontechnology, this book explores common conceptual, theoretical and methodological ideas that become visible in the critical scholarship on ageing and technology at the intersection of Age Studies and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Chapters 3, 5, and 15 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2022-09-26 |