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The Elusive Transformation : Science, Technology, and the Evolution of International Politics / Eugene B. Skolnikoff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1994]Copyright date: ©1993Edition: Core TextbookDescription: 1 online resource (336 p.) : 2 line illus. 4 tablesContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691037707
  • 9781400820924
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.101
LOC classification:
  • Q172.5.I5 S47 1992
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE -- One. The Setting -- Two. The Scientific and Technological Enterprises and the Direction of Technological Change -- PART TWO -- Introduction -- Three. National Security -- Four. Economies and Polities -- Five. Global Dangers -- Six. Practical Problems of Governance: Institutions and Processes -- PART THREE -- Seven. Conclusions and Observations -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Eugene Skolnikoff treats the roles of science and technology across the entire range of relations among nations, including security and economic issues, environmental questions, international economic competitiveness, the spread of weapons technology, the demise of communism, the new content of dependency relations, and the demanding new problems of national and international governance. He shows how the structure and operation of the scientific and technological enterprises have interacted with international affairs to lead to the dramatic evolution of world politics experienced in this century, particularly after World War II.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE -- One. The Setting -- Two. The Scientific and Technological Enterprises and the Direction of Technological Change -- PART TWO -- Introduction -- Three. National Security -- Four. Economies and Polities -- Five. Global Dangers -- Six. Practical Problems of Governance: Institutions and Processes -- PART THREE -- Seven. Conclusions and Observations -- Notes -- Index

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Eugene Skolnikoff treats the roles of science and technology across the entire range of relations among nations, including security and economic issues, environmental questions, international economic competitiveness, the spread of weapons technology, the demise of communism, the new content of dependency relations, and the demanding new problems of national and international governance. He shows how the structure and operation of the scientific and technological enterprises have interacted with international affairs to lead to the dramatic evolution of world politics experienced in this century, particularly after World War II.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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