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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780198503321

Autore

Skolnikoff Eugene B

Titolo

The elusive transformation [[electronic resource] ] : science, technology, and the evolution of international politics / / Eugene B. Skolnikoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1993

ISBN

9786612751707

1-282-75170-0

1-4008-2092-8

1-4008-1342-5

Edizione

[Core Textbook]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

327

Soggetti

Science and international relations

Technology and international relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Council on Foreign Relations book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-303) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.