Solar Energy, Technology Policy, and Institutional Values

Hardback

Main Details

Title Solar Energy, Technology Policy, and Institutional Values
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Frank N. Laird
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:268
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreAlternative and renewable energy sources and technology
ISBN/Barcode 9780521782470
ClassificationsDewey:333.7923
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 1 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 March 2001
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Energy policies influence the shape of emergent technological systems, and also condition our social, political, and economic lives. This book demonstrates the difficulties of deliberating such properties by providing a historical case study that analyzes U.S. renewable energy policy from the end of World War II through the energy crisis of the 1970s. It illuminates the ways beliefs and values come to dominate official problem frames and get entrenched in institutions.

Author Biography

fm.author_biographical_note1

Reviews

'A useful overview of the hopes and fears of the UK nuclear industry ... this is a fascinating account of US federal policy on renewable energy between 1945 and 1980, together with a well-argued analysis of general energy and technology policy advocacy using the solar industry as an example.' Mark Hammonds, The Journal of Energy Literature 'In this fascinating book, Frank Laird has achieved a rare combination of rich historical detail with a compelling and timely thesis about the interaction of ideas, institutions, and new technology.' David H. Guston, Rutgers University 'Frank Laird has produced a thoughtful and perceptive analysis of both solar energy policy and of the larger domain of technology policy. This work, I am sure, will become a standard in the field.' Dr. Patrick W. Hamlett, North Carolina State University