Technology, Society and Inequality: New Horizons and Contested Futures

Book Overview

This 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433119706
• ISBN13: 9781433119705
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"