Technology, culture, and development : the experience of the Soviet model
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Technology, culture, and development : the experience of the Soviet model
M.E. Sharpe, c1992
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Papers presented at a conference held at Ohio State University, Columbus, on Oct. 26-27, 1990
Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although scholars have devoted much attention to the impact of technology on society, they have tended to slight the question of how technology is affected by social systems. The authors of this volume take precisely this approach in their examination of the "Soviet model" of development. The book surveys the history and current state of science and technology in the USSR and its former satellites. It then looks at the economic environment for technological innovation and examines the impact of the "energy shock" in the transitional economies of the region. Finally, it discusses the ecological devastation of the USSR and Eastern Europe, its connection with the "Soviet model" and the prospects for remediation. The central argument of the book is that the cultural and social factors and the legacy of the Soviet model will inevitable figure in the reconstruction of the East.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 The Fits and Starts of Russian and Soviet Technology, Loren R. Graham
- Chapter 2 Science and Technology as Panacea in Gorbachev's Russia, Paul R. Josephson
- Chapter 3 Innovation Strategies in Centrally Planned and Transition Economies, Susan J. Linz
- Chapter 4 Science and Technology in Eastern Europe after the Flood: Rejoining the World, Steven W. Popper
- Chapter 5 Eastern Europe and the "Energy Shock" of 1990, John M. Kramer
- Chapter 6 Ecology and Technology in the USSR, Joan DeBardeleben
- Chapter 7 Technology and the Environment in Eastern Europe, Barbara Jancar-Webster
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