Mirages of Development : Science and Technology for the Third Worlds /
Salomon, Jean-Jacques
Mirages of Development : Science and Technology for the Third Worlds / Andre Lebeau, Jean-Jacques Salomon. - 1 online resource (224 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I THE SETBACKS TO DEVELOPMENT -- 1 No Shortcut to Development After All -- 2 The Many Third Worlds -- 3 A Basic Discontinuity -- 4 The Contemporary Technical System -- 5 The Science of the Poor -- PART 2 THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION -- 6 The Looking-Glass Race -- 7 The Machines from the North -- 8 The Cathedrals in the Desert -- 9 The Newly Industrialized Countries -- 10 History's Revenge -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Book and the Authors
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The authors consider why the great majority of Third World countries have failed to solve the problems of underdevelopment by relying on science and technology, while a very few of them—the newly industrialized countries—have at least partially succeeded.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555873684 9781685854720
10.1515/9781685854720 doi
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
Mirages of Development : Science and Technology for the Third Worlds / Andre Lebeau, Jean-Jacques Salomon. - 1 online resource (224 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I THE SETBACKS TO DEVELOPMENT -- 1 No Shortcut to Development After All -- 2 The Many Third Worlds -- 3 A Basic Discontinuity -- 4 The Contemporary Technical System -- 5 The Science of the Poor -- PART 2 THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION -- 6 The Looking-Glass Race -- 7 The Machines from the North -- 8 The Cathedrals in the Desert -- 9 The Newly Industrialized Countries -- 10 History's Revenge -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Book and the Authors
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The authors consider why the great majority of Third World countries have failed to solve the problems of underdevelopment by relying on science and technology, while a very few of them—the newly industrialized countries—have at least partially succeeded.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555873684 9781685854720
10.1515/9781685854720 doi
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.