Nanotechnology and the Challenges of Equity, Equality and Development [recurso electrónico] / edited by Susan E. Cozzens, Jameson Wetmore.
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TextoSeries Yearbook of Nanotechnology in Society ; 2Editor: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011Descripción: XXX, 458 p. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9789048196159Tema(s): Philosophy (General) | Ethics | Quality of Life | Social sciences | Quality of Life -- Research | Nanotechnology | Philosophy | Social Sciences, general | Nanotechnology | Ethics | Quality of Life ResearchFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 300 Clasificación LoC:H1-970.9Recursos en línea: Libro electrónico
En: Springer eBooksResumen: Nanotechnology is enabling applications in materials, microelectronics, health, and agriculture, which are projected to create the next big shift in production, comparable to the industrial revolution. Such major shifts always co-evolve with social relationships. This book focuses on how nanotechnologies might affect equity/equality in global society. Nanotechnologies are likely to open gaps by gender, ethnicity, race, and ability status, as well as between developed and developing countries, unless steps are taken now to create a different outcome. Organizations need to change their practices, and cultural ideas must be broadened if currently disadvantaged groups are to have a more equal position in nano-society rather than a more disadvantaged one. Economic structures are likely to shift in the nano-revolution, requiring policymakers and participatory processes to invent new institutions for social welfare, better suited to the new economic order than those of the past.
| Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura | Copia número | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras |
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| Libro Electrónico | Biblioteca Electrónica | Colección de Libros Electrónicos | H1 -970.9 (Browse shelf(Abre debajo)) | 1 | No para préstamo | 378057-2001 |
Nanotechnology is enabling applications in materials, microelectronics, health, and agriculture, which are projected to create the next big shift in production, comparable to the industrial revolution. Such major shifts always co-evolve with social relationships. This book focuses on how nanotechnologies might affect equity/equality in global society. Nanotechnologies are likely to open gaps by gender, ethnicity, race, and ability status, as well as between developed and developing countries, unless steps are taken now to create a different outcome. Organizations need to change their practices, and cultural ideas must be broadened if currently disadvantaged groups are to have a more equal position in nano-society rather than a more disadvantaged one. Economic structures are likely to shift in the nano-revolution, requiring policymakers and participatory processes to invent new institutions for social welfare, better suited to the new economic order than those of the past.
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