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The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

A Theory of Sociotechnical Change

By: Ulrich Dolata

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The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

A Theory of Sociotechnical Change

By: Ulrich Dolata

The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies explores the questions: how and to what extent do socioeconomic structures, institutions, and actors change under the influence of new technologies? how do they react to technology-induced pressures to change? what patterns do they adopt? The book provides practical tools for analyzing and classifying exceptional periods of substantial socio-technical change.

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0415626935

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Collectivity and Power on the Internet

A Sociological Perspective

By: Ulrich Dolata,Jan-Felix Schrape

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Collectivity and Power on the Internet

A Sociological Perspective

By: Ulrich Dolata,Jan-Felix Schrape

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the manifestations and interrelations of collectivity and power on the internet from a sociological point of view. It addresses questions on how different forms of internet-based collectivities (masses, crowds, movements, communities ) could be understood and differentiated from one another. It presents analyses on the role technical infrastructures of the web play for their formation, how the mobilization and organization of social movements and social protests has changed through social media, how work and decision-making processes are organized in open source communities and why the essential segments of the commercial internet are today concentrated in the hands of a few corporations who dispose over significant economic, infrastructural and rule-setting power.

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112

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Springer

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3319784145

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The Reinvention of Politics

Rethinking Modernity in the Global Social Order

By: Ulrich Beck

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The Reinvention of Politics

Rethinking Modernity in the Global Social Order

By: Ulrich Beck

Those who advocate ideas about "postmodernity" and "post-industrialism" offer radical critiques of existing social and political institutions. But they provide very little in place of those institutions. It is all very well to criticize the limitations of social democracy, the welfare state, trade unionism, and social classes as agents of change, but once these have been thrown into crisis what other institutions do we have to depend on? The Reinvention of Politics, suggests we should think again about forging a new model of politics for our times. An active, devolved civil society, Beck argues, can sustain the claim that modernity is inherently democratic. For many issues now - for example, those involving technology, environment protest, the family, or gender relations - belong to the domain of what the author calls "subpolitics". The postmodern critique of modernity, in Beck's view, is based on mistaken generalizations about a transitional phase in the evolution of modern society. What is needed, he argues, is the reinvention of politics, corresponding to th new demands of a society which remains modern, but which has progressed beyond the earlier form of industrial society. This book will be essential reading for second-year undergraduates and above in the fields of social and political theory, sociology and political science.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0745692443

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The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

A Theory of Sociotechnical Change

By: Ulrich Dolata

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The Shape of Data

Geometry-Based Machine Learning and Data Analysis in R

By: Colleen M. Farrelly,Yaé Ulrich Gaba

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The Shape of Data

Geometry-Based Machine Learning and Data Analysis in R

By: Colleen M. Farrelly,Yaé Ulrich Gaba

This advanced machine learning book highlights many algorithms from a geometric perspective and introduces tools in network science, metric geometry, and topological data analysis through practical application. Whether you’re a mathematician, seasoned data scientist, or marketing professional, you’ll find The Shape of Data to be the perfect introduction to the critical interplay between the geometry of data structures and machine learning. This book’s extensive collection of case studies (drawn from medicine, education, sociology, linguistics, and more) and gentle explanations of the math behind dozens of algorithms provide a comprehensive yet accessible look at how geometry shapes the algorithms that drive data analysis. In addition to gaining a deeper understanding of how to implement geometry-based algorithms with code, you’ll explore: Supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms and their application to network data analysis The way distance metrics and dimensionality reduction impact machine learning How to visualize, embed, and analyze survey and text data with topology-based algorithms New approaches to computational solutions, including distributed computing and quantum algorithms

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No Starch Press

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1718503091

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Conflicts in Environmental Regulation and the Internationalisation of the State

Contested Terrains

By: Ulrich Brand,Christoph Görg,Joachim Hirsch,Markus Wissen

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Conflicts in Environmental Regulation and the Internationalisation of the State

Contested Terrains

By: Ulrich Brand,Christoph Görg,Joachim Hirsch,Markus Wissen

This book examines the global regulation of biodiversity politics through the UN UNConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the WTO and other international treaties. Using historical-materialist state and regulation theory, it assesses how the discourse and politics of sustainable development have contributed to the internationalisation of the state. The authors argue that sustainable development, far from being a fixed concept, is a conceptual terrain on which different and conflicting symbolisations of and solutions responses to of the ecological crisis struggle for hegemony. Furthermore, it shows that the international multilateral environmental organisations agreements are not at all a means to counteract neoliberal globalisation but, on the contrary, form an integral part of the ongoing transformation process. Focussing on the UN Convention on Biological DiversityCBD, the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in the World Trade Organisation, this co-authored volume addresses the following issues: state theory, regulation theory and International Political Economy biodiversity protection and valorisation of genetic resources access to genetic resources and sharing of benefits which arise out of its use enforcement of intellectual property rights and their impact on biodiversity. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of international politics, international political economy, environmental studies, development studies and political ecology.

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1134050364

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Potentials and Trends in Biomimetics

By: Arnim Gleich,Christian Pade,Ulrich Petschow,Eugen Pissarskoi

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Potentials and Trends in Biomimetics

By: Arnim Gleich,Christian Pade,Ulrich Petschow,Eugen Pissarskoi

There is a wide consensus about the necessity of sustainable development. There is also a consensus that wide areas of our economy, industry, and technology and the life styles in industrialized countries are not susta- able. Science and technology are widely regarded as (main) causes for this situation. Issues in this context comprise the generally low resource ef- ciency, an increased and mostly undebated technological power, an - creased invasiveness of modern technologies, increasing amounts and - versity of pollutants, and high technological risks. On the other hand science and technology are also regarded as (main) solution providers towards more sustainability. Thus the question is which type of science and technology is rather a part of the problem, and which type is rather a part of the solution? ‘Learning from nature’ may give some orientation in this context. B- mimetics and bionics are widely regarded as being a part of the solution.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642052460

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Collectivity and Power on the Internet

A Sociological Perspective

By: Ulrich Dolata,Jan-Felix Schrape

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Book's by Ulrich Dolata

The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

Collectivity and Power on the Internet

Collectivity and Power on the Internet

The Reinvention of Politics

The Reinvention of Politics

The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies

The Shape of Data

The Shape of Data

Conflicts in Environmental Regulation and the Internationalisation of the State

Conflicts in Environmental Regulation and the Internationalisation of the State

Potentials and Trends in Biomimetics

Potentials and Trends in Biomimetics

Collectivity and Power on the Internet

Collectivity and Power on the Internet

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