Mirages of Development : Science and Technology for the Third Worlds

Andre Lebeau, Jean-Jacques Salomon

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

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Year of publication:	[1993]
Authors:	Salomon, Jean-Jacques ; Lebeau, André
Publisher:	Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Subject:	Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Forschung \| Research \| Technologietransfer \| Technology transfer \| Angepasste Technologie \| Appropriate technology \| Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries
Description of contents:	Description [degruyter.com]

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (224 p.)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	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 In English
ISBN:	978-1-68585-472-0 ; 978-1-55587-368-4
Other identifiers:	10.1515/9781685854720 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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