The Global Politics of Science and Technology - Vol. 2: Perspectives, Cases and Methods (Global Power Shift)

"An increasing number of scholars have begun to see science and technology as relevant issues in International Relations (IR), acknowledging the impact of material elements, technical instruments, and scientific practices on international security, statehood, and global governance. This two-volume collection brings the debate about science and technology to the center of International Relations. It shows how integrating science and technology translates into novel analytical frameworks, conceptual approaches and empirical puzzles, and thereby offers a state-of-the-art review of various methodological and theoretical ways in which sciences and technologies matter for the study of international affairs and world politics. The authors not only offer a set of practical examples of research frameworks for experts and students alike, but also propose a conceptual space for interdisciplinary learning in order to improve our understanding of the global politics of science and technology. This first volume summarizes various time-tested approaches for studying the global politics of science and technology from an IR perspective. It also provides empirical, theoretical, and conceptual interventions from geography, history, innovation studies, and science and technology studies that indicate ways to enhance and rearticulate IR approaches. In addition, several interviews advance possibilities of multi-disciplinary collaboration. The second volume raises a plethora of issue areas, actors, and cases under the umbrella notion techno-politics. Distinguishing between interactional and co-productive perspectives, it outlines a toolbox of analytical frameworks that transcend technological determinism and social constructivism."--Back covers Front Matter....Pages i-xiv A Toolbox for Studying the Global Politics of Science and Technology....Pages 1-17 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 A Bullock Cart on Nuclear-Powered Wheels: Nuclear Science, Indigeneity and the National Development Narrative in India....Pages 21-30 The Politics of European Collaboration in Big Science....Pages 31-46 Of Red Threads and Green Dragons: Austrian Sociotechnical Imaginaries About STI Cooperation with China....Pages 47-65 Liberal Preferences as an Explanation for Technology Choices. The Case of Military Robots as a Solution to the West’s Casualty Aversion....Pages 67-82 The “Tight Oil Revolution” and the Misinterpretation of the Power of Technology....Pages 83-100 The Socio-Technical Construction of Technology in German-Argentine ICT Cooperation....Pages 101-116 Hidden in Plain View: Exploring the Knowledge Power of States....Pages 117-141 Conflict and Cooperation in the Development of US–China Relations in Science and Technology: Empirical Observations and Theoretical Implications....Pages 143-159 Front Matter....Pages 161-161 Making and Remaking the Measurement of Science and Technology: The International Dimension....Pages 163-177 Wither Anarchy? Harvesting the ‘Global’ Bio-tech Body, Indian Markets and Biomedical Technologies....Pages 179-204 International Relations, Cybersecurity, and Content Analysis: A Constructivist Approach....Pages 205-219 Information Technology Challenges for Energy and Environmental Policy Research....Pages 221-234 Global Diabetes Encounters: Accounting for Health Technologies in the Global....Pages 235-251 Chukudu Politics: The Relevance of Infrastructural Absences for Governmental Power and State Failure in the Post-Colonial world....Pages 253-270 The Power of Large-Scale Interactions Through Information Technologies and Changes in Cultural Identity Politics....Pages 271-286 How Much Is Enough? The Politics of Technology and Weaponless Nuclear Deterrence....Pages 287-302 Abstract: An increasing number of scholars have begun to see science and technology as relevant issues in International Relations (IR), acknowledging the impact of material elements, technical instruments, and scientific practices on international security, statehood, and global governance. This two-volume collection brings the debate about science and technology to the center of International Relations. It shows how integrating science and technology translates into novel analytical frameworks, conceptual approaches and empirical puzzles, and thereby offers a state-of-the-art review of various methodological and theoretical ways in which sciences and technologies matter for the study of international affairs and world politics. The authors not only offer a set of practical examples of research frameworks for experts and students alike, but also propose a conceptual space for interdisciplinary learning in order to improve our understanding of the global politics of science and technology. This first volume summarizes various time-tested approaches for studying the global politics of science and technology from an IR perspective. It also provides empirical, theoretical, and conceptual interventions from geography, history, innovation studies, and science and technology studies that indicate ways to enhance and rearticulate IR approaches. In addition, several interviews advance possibilities of multi-disciplinary collaboration. The second volume raises a plethora of issue areas, actors, and cases under the umbrella notion techno-politics. Distinguishing between interactional and co-productive perspectives, it outlines a toolbox of analytical frameworks that transcend technological determinism and social constructivism