Title: Politics of technology in Latin America /
Authors: Cooper, Charles, 1936-2005; Bastos, Maria Ines; Cooper, Charles, 1936-2005.
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Technology Economic aspects Latin America.; Technology and state Latin America; Science and state Latin America; Technology economics; Public Policy
Abstract: This collection explores technology policy in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s. Based on country and industry studies in the main Latin American economies it examines the political turmoil surrounding protected industrialization.
Contents: 1. A political approach to science and technology policy in Latin America / Maria Ines Bastos and Charles Cooper -- 2. Argentina: science, technology and public policies / Jose Nun -- 3. State autonomy and capacity for S & T policy design and implementation in Brazil / Maria Ines Bastos -- 4. Harnessing the politics of science and technology policy in Mexico / Alejandro Nadal Egea -- 5. A sectoral approach to changing technological behaviour: weaknesses of Argentina's electronics and informatics policy / Hugo Jorge Nochteff -- 6. The political economy of technology development: the case of the Brazilian Informatics Policy / Fabio Stefano Erber -- 7. Politics, the state and policies for science and technology in Latin America / Maria Ines Bastos and Charles Cooper.