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Author Low, Morris.

Title Science, technology and society in contemporary Japan / Morris Low, Shigeru Nakayama, Hitoshi Yoshioka.

Imprint New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  303.4830952 L95s 1999    ---  Available
Description xiii, 226 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Series Contemporary Japanese society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The Japanese model of research and development. Basic versus applied research: the role of corporate laboratories and universities -- Cooperation versus competition: national projects and Japan's science cities -- Science and technology for economic growth. Quality versus quantity: quality control and the automobile industry -- Technology versus commercial feasibility: nuclear power and electric utilities -- Consumerism and development versus the environment -- The international dimension. Domestic development versus importation of technology: the aerospace industry and the FS-X/F-2 fighter plane controversy -- Domestic technology versus the export of technology -- Science and technology for the people? Information society versus controlled society -- Science, technology, and gender -- National interest versus local interests: civil aviation and the construction of Narita Airport -- The patient versus the doctor: changes made in medical care and attitudes to the body.
Subject Science -- Social aspects -- Japan.
Science and state -- Japan.
Technology and state -- Japan.
Technology -- Social aspects -- Japan.
Automobile industry and trade -- Japan.
Added Author Nakayama, Shigeru, 1928-2014.
Yoshioka, Hitoshi, 1953-
ISBN 0521654254 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521652820 (alk. paper)
9780521652827 (alk. paper)
9780521654258 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. UKM b99V8371
UKGTH 0521652820

 
    
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