Science and Inequality

A Political Sociology

Scott Frickel, Kelly Moore

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Polity Press
27 June 2025

Social issues & processes; Sociology; Impact of science & technology on society

Science and technology produce a wide range of benefits in society but they also create harm, both of which are unequally distributed across social groups and geographic regions. This incisive book provides a set of analytical tools to understand how inequality relating to science and technology is produced, and how the field can be reorganized to make good on its promise to improve life for all.

Using a range of evidence and examples, Frickel and Moore show that science and technology are closely bound up with social inequalities, including linked problems of poor health, environmental degradation, racism, and sexism. They use the frame of “scientific inequality formations” to investigate the technoscientific sources of unequal power relations in society, examining issues such as the underdevelopment of non-profitable technologies, how laws and markets direct scientific advances, and the exclusion of certain social groups from the creation of knowledge and solutions relevant to their lives. This timely book illuminates interventions that redirect science and technology toward more equitable ends with the potential to be more widely distributed, charting a path to a more just future.

By: Scott Frickel, Kelly Moore
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 340g
ISBN: 9781509514793
ISBN 10: 1509514791
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 27 June 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Science, Society, and the Paradox of Inequality 2. Profitable Knowledge 3. Absent-Minded Science 4. Challenging Science Inequality Formation Provocation: Toward a Deeply Adapted Science

Scott Frickel is Professor of Sociology and Environment & Society at Brown University. Kelly Moore is Associate Professor of Sociology at Loyola University Chicago.

Reviews for Science and Inequality: A Political Sociology

“This fantastic book demonstrates how inequality is built into modern science, and why we need to take power and social structure seriously to fully understand and address it. It is essential reading for anyone who mistakenly believes that science is neutral.” Shobita Parthasarathy, University of Michigan “Accessible to students but also valuable for seasoned researchers, this landmark book provides a systematic, sociological lens for understanding how science and societal inequality shape what we know and do not know. But it is not just diagnosis: the book also offers hopeful recipes for change.” David J. Hess, Vanderbilt University