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Science, technology and development; the political economy of technical advance in underdeveloped countries

Title
Science, technology and development; the political economy of technical advance in underdeveloped countries, edited by Charles Cooper.
Publication
London, F. Cass [1973]

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Additional Authors
Cooper, Charles, 1936-2005
Description
199 pages; 25 cm
Summary
Monograph comprising a compilation of articles on the role of science and technology in the economic development of developing countries - includes articles on the social determinants of science policy, engineering consultants and technology transfer, the function of patents, agricultural development, choice of technology, sources of technical Innovation in China, etc., and emphasizes the role of research and development. Diagrams, references and statistical tables.
Subject
  • Science > Social aspects > Developing countries
  • Technology > Social aspects > Developing countries
  • 83.62 economics of technology
  • 83.32 economic policy
  • 02.00 science and culture in general
  • Science > Social aspects
  • Technology > Social aspects
  • Technischer Fortschritt
  • Wirtschaftswachstum
  • science
  • technology
  • economic development
  • science policy
  • engineering
  • consultant
  • technology transfer
  • patent
  • agricultural development
  • choice of technology
  • innovation
  • research and development
  • statistical table
  • Science > Social aspects > Developing countries
  • Technology > Social aspects > Developing countries
  • Sciences > Aspect social > Pays en voie de développement
  • Technologie > Aspect social > Pays en voie de développement
  • technologie
  • développement économique
  • politique scientifique
  • ingénierie
  • transfert des techniques
  • brevet
  • développement agricole
  • choix de technologie
  • recherche et développement
  • tableau statistique
  • ciencia
  • tecnología
  • desarrollo económico
  • política científica
  • ingeniería
  • consultor
  • transferencia de tecnología
  • patente
  • desarrollo agrícola
  • elección de tecnología
  • innovación
  • investigación y desarrollo
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • Developing countries
  • Entwicklungsländer
  • China
  • developing countries
  • Developing countries > Science
  • Chine
  • pays en développement
  • países en desarrollo
Genre/Form
  • reference.
  • référence bibliographique.
  • referencia.
Note
  • "This collection of papers was first published as the October 1972 special issue on science and technology in development of the Journal of development studies, volume 9 no. 1."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Science, technology and production in the underdeveloped countries : an introduction / Charles Cooper -- Social determinants of science in Latin America : explicit science policy and implicit science policy / Amilcar Herrera -- Engineering consultancy, industrialization and development / John Roberts -- Farm and factory : a comparison of the skill requirements for the transfer of technology / Peter Kilby -- Patents revisited : their function in developing countries / Constantine Vaitsos -- Choice of technique in developing countries / Frances Stewart -- Acquisition of agricultural technology : its determinants and effects / Clive Bell -- Note on the choice of technology in China / Shigeru Ishikawa -- Note on the sources of technical innovations in the People's Republic of China
ISBN
  • 0714629995
  • 9780714629995
LCCN
73169469
OCLC
  • ocm00708291
  • 708291
  • SCSB-1938292
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library