Ordering theories: Typologies and conceptual frameworks for sociotechnical change

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 703-750

  Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a,b   Hess, David J ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agency; discourse; justice; social theory; sociotechnical systems; structure

Indexed keywords

INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85031739024     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312717709363     Document Type: Article

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