Social engineering / edited by Jon Alexander, Adam Podgorecki, Rob Shields.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Podgórecki, Adam, editor.

Alexander, John, editor.

Shields, Rob, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa, [Ontario] : Carleton University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Social engineering in the 20th century has brought about some large-scale changes in society, often the result of visionary social projects, and plans designed on a grand and ideal scale. Such plans have often extracted terrible human costs. Numerous failures have marked 20th century social engineering.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Sociotechnical Paradigm

Sociotechnics: Basic Concepts and Issues*

Historical Approaches

Nixon’s Social Engineering

Sociotechnics and the Imposition of Martial Law in Poland

Empirigal Studies

Pavlik Morozov: A Soviet Case Study of “Dark” Social Engineering

Lessons From the Canadian Anti-Smoking Campaign

Sociotechnics and Values: The Case of a Canadian Aboriginal Land Claim

Can Sociotechnics Reduce Seismic Hazards?

Theoretical Advances

Social Design Methodologies Versus Efficient Social Action

Sociotechnics Under Authoritarianism

Self-Alteration in Social Prediction: When Does this Improve Predictive Accuracy?

An Action Basis of Social Theory: A New Paradigm for Designing Effective Organizations

On Sociotechnical Practice

Experts and Sociotechnics

Infoglut and the Canadian Policy Advisory System

Foucault’s Micro-Technics as Sociotechnics?

Elite Leadership of Collective Attitudes Toward Competitiveness: The Help Wanted Campaigns*

Index of Names

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 23, 2016).

ISBN:

0-7735-9600-3

OCLC:

957125714