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The Politics of High Tech Growth: Developmental Network States in the Global Economy: Series Number 23 (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences, Series Number 23) - Hardcover

Book 7 of 30: Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences

O'Riain, Sean

 
9780521830737: The Politics of High Tech Growth: Developmental Network States in the Global Economy: Series Number 23 (Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences, Series Number 23)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0521830737 ISBN 13: 9780521830737
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

This book argues that beneath the Irish trade and foreign investment boom lies a more interesting story of regional innovation promoted by an alliance between the state and local technical communities. This alliance was governed through a decentralized set of state institutions, drawing on 'global' and 'local' economic and political resources. This 'Developmental Network State' has had a significant impact on the growth of Ireland's high tech cluster and is central to the emergence of an international network of 'global high tech regions' from Silicon Valley to Ireland, Taiwan, and Israel. The book provides a detailed study of the rise of the software industry in Ireland and of the state institutions and political conditions which promoted it. It shows how new 'network state' policies and institutions have been central to high tech regions elsewhere.

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About the Author

Seán Ó Riain is Professor of Sociology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521830737
ISBN 13 
9780521830737
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
288