Overview

Science, technology and innovation have long been key factors in the competitive advantage of nations. Today, however, the new international political economy is being increasingly driven by science and technology in new ways. Integration, globalization and internationalization have all become watchwords for a series of dynamic processes in which science and technology are deeply implicated. As a result, not only are the policies of ""national"" governments being exposed in terms of the limits of their sovereignty, but science and technology are being increasingly implicated in a wide array of public issues - ranging from security, privacy, development and economic growth to employment, environment, foreign policy and geopolitics. Clearly, in today's emerging world, the ways in which governments organize their science and technology policy, their science and technology intelligence, and their research advisory structures and resources matter more today than ever before. In turn, the contract between science and democracy is being rapidly redefined. This book is the first to comprehensively discuss these critical issues.

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Author:   John R. De La Mothe
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.50cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9780826450265

ISBN 10:   0826450261
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   20 December 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Introduction: knowledge, politics and governance, John de la Mothe. Part 2 Shifting dynamics in science and government relations: politics and the communities of science, Sanford Lakoff; governance and the new production of knowledge, Michael Gibbons; government policy for industrial innovation, Lewis Branscomb. Part 3 Evolving debates in science policy and administration: science, technology and the tools of the politico-adminstrative trade, Jane Marceau; government organization and implications for science and technology policy, David Hart; autonomy and accountability for 21st century science, Susan Cozzens. Part 4 Emerging issues for science, technology and governance: international governance in a technological age, Eugene B.S. Skolnikoff; the governance of military R&D after the Cold War, Judith Reppy and Philip Gummett; technology, growth and development, Mario Cimoli and John de la Mothe; technology and empowerment, Luc Soete; governance challenges of technological revolutions, Francis Fukuyama and Caroline Wagner; science, democracy and technological risks, Jean Jacques Salomon.

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