The Elusive Transformation : : Science, Technology, and the Evolution of International Politics / / Eugene B. Skolnikoff.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Skolnikoff, Eugene B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1994]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Edition: Core Textbook
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 2 line illus. 4 tables

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- 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