Eugene B. Skolnikoff

Broschiertes Buch

The Elusive Transformation

Science, Technology, and the Evolution of International Politics

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780691037707
• ISBN-10: 0691037701
• Artikelnr.: 22005034

Rezensionen

A volume of sweeping ambition, covering both past and contemporary trends. . . . This compact volume offers much to anyone interested in current global trends, not least to those in the scientific, engineering and medical communities. . . . With almost 40 years of intense professional involvement in this subject . . . Skolnikoff brings an extraordinary range of both scholarship and practical experience to this debate.