Taking on Technocracy(English, Electronic book text, Augustine Dolores L.)

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Taking on Technocracy(English, Electronic book text, Augustine Dolores L.) is written by Augustine Dolores L. and published by Berghahn Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1785339044 (ISBN 10) and 9781785339042 (ISBN 13).

The German abandonment of nuclear power represents one of the most successful popular revolts against technocratic thinking in modern times-the triumph of a dynamic social movement, encompassing a broad swath of West Germans as well as East German dissident circles, over political, economic, and scientific elites. Taking on Technocracy gives a brisk account of this dramatic historical moment, showing how the popularization of scientific knowledge fostered new understandings of technological risk. Combining analyses of social history, popular culture, social movement theory, and histories of science and technology, it offers a compelling narrative of a key episode in the recent history of popular resistance.