The Politics of Technology in Latin America

by Maria Ines Bastos (Editor)

Overview

This collection sets out to explore technology policy in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s. It is based on country studies and industry studies in the main Latin American economies and examines the political turmoil surrounding protected industrialisation in these countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134799367
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/02/2003
Series:	UNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	425 KB

About the Author

Maria Ines Bastos

Table of Contents

Jose Nun, Director of Latin American Centre for the Analysis of Democracy (CLADE), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alejandra Nadal Egea, Coordinator of the Science and Technology Programme, El Colegio de Mexico
Hugo Jorge Nochteff, Lecturer at Latin American Social Sciences College (FLACSO), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fabio Stefano Erber, Institute of Industrial Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Editorial Reviews

Seven essays examine case studies from Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico to determine what capacity Latin American states have exhibited for the promotion of science and technology activities and how far the existence or lack of such capacity is to be explained by political factors. Concludes that the achievements in technology innovation have fallen short of the grand objectives of technology policy because of political regimes and the deficient or conflictive relationship between state agencies and industrialists and engineers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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