{"product_id":"technology-society-and-inequality-new-horizons-and-contested-futures-paperback","title":"Technology, Society and Inequality: New Horizons and Contested Futures - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteve Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Other), \u003cb\u003eErika Cudworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Senker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book suggests that the primary purpose of current production and distribution is not to satisfy human needs but to create profit for the owners of capital that in turn has devastating consequences for the environment and for vulnerable people. Multidisciplinary in perspective, contributors to this volume addresses issues of inequality which affect both developed and developing countries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eErika Cudworth is Reader in Politics and Sociology at the University of East London. She is author of several books including \u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Society\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and \u003ci\u003eDeveloping Ecofeminist Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and co-author of others including \u003ci\u003ePosthuman International Relations: Complexity, Ecologism and International Politics \u003c\/i\u003e(2011).\u003cbr\u003e Peter Senker was a Visiting Professor at the University of East London between 1995 and 2011, and a Senior Fellow at SPRU, University of Sussex between 1972 and 1995. He is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Myths of Technology: Innovation and Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e (Peter Lang, 2009) and \u003ci\u003eTechnology and In\/equality: Questioning the Information Society\u003c\/i\u003e (2000).\u003cbr\u003e Kathy Walker is Senior Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of East London, leader of the Communication Studies degree programme and Director of the Society, Technology and Inequality Research Group (STIR). She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Myths of Technology: Innovation and Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e (Peter Lang, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 215\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.7 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801668378931,"sku":"9781433119705","price":93.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/LouM7T4-C9781433119705.webp?v=1785975526","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/technology-society-and-inequality-new-horizons-and-contested-futures-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}