The Elusive Transformation – Science, Technology, and the Evolution of International Politics - Softcover

Skolnikoff, Eugene B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691037701 ISBN 13: 9780691037707

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 1994

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Eugene B. Skolnikoff is Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been Director of the Center for International Studies at MIT, and has served on the staff of the White House Office of Science and Technology in several administrations.

From the Back Cover

"A formidable piece of work that represents not only the results of extensive research but also the accumulated experience and wisdom of probably the country's best observer and analyst of the intersection between science and technology and international politics. There is no other work that has this breadth of coverage."--Ted Greenwood, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691037701
• ISBN 13: 9780691037707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336