Science & Technology Policy in Japan

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Science, technology and society in postwar Japan

SHIGERU NAKAYAMA, Science, technology and society in postwar Japan, Japanese Studies Series, London and New York, Kegan Paul International, 1991, pp. xv, 259, £45.00 (0-7103-0428-5). Shigeru Nakayama's new book is a welcome addition to the literature available in English on Japanese science and technology. As the title suggests, the writer, a distinguished historian of science, has set himself ...

Science and Technology Policy in China

The Study of Critical Realism Implications in Evaluation of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Making

Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify and extract the implications of critical realism for science, technology and innovation policy-making as one of the later research traditions in social sciences. Nevertheless, its main focus, according to the different stages of the policy-making cycle and extent of its contributing factors, is on the stage of "policy evaluation". Methods: Thi...

The Social Cohesion Policy Paradigm in Science and Technology Policy

While the optimism of this half-decade old statement of hope and confidence in the power off science and technology in overcoming poverty and inequality has been unfulfilled, it resonates strongly with beliefs currently gaining momentum that engaging in science and technology is “the trick of getting rich”. Sustained by widely shared notions about the increasing dependence of economic growth an...