The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science

The political economy of research and innovation (R&I) is one of the central issues of the early 21st century. Responding to this urgency, this handbook presents a pioneering selection of the growing body of literature that has emerged in recent years at the intersection of science & technology studies and political economy. It explores the complex inter-relations between R&I (both in general and in specific fields) and political economies across a number of key dimensions from health to environment, and universities to the military.