Acknowledgments 1. Thinking About Technology and International Politics 2. International Systems Theory, Technology, and Transformation 3. Early Industrialization and the Industrialization of War 4. The Atomic Bomb and the Scientific State 5. Conclusion Notes Index
Geoffrey L. Herrera is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Temple University.
"Herrera fills important gaps in the international relations
literature. His book addresses the general and important question
of systems change for which neither structural realists nor
constructivists have formulated adequate explanations. For the
former, continuity in the essence of international politics has
become dogma. For the latter, the possibilities for change inherent
in a non-materialist conception of structure have not produced
persuasive theories of agency. Placing technology in a social
framework, Herrera shows how agents and artifacts often give rise
to novel practices with wide-ranging systems-level effects. A major
advance in relating technology and technological change to
fundamental questions of international relations theory."
"This book provides a nuanced and theoretically rigorous treatment
of the role of technology in international systems change. Many
international relations theories rely on technology as the
'uncaused cause' and leave it undertheorized. Herrera makes a
compelling case that all technologies are not the same so we must
theorize about them in different ways."
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