TY - BOOK ID - 78142750 TI - Technology and society reader PY - 2012 SN - 0761858288 9780761858287 076185827X 9780761858270 9780761858270 PB - Lanham DB - UniCat KW - Technology KW - Technology transfer KW - Applied science KW - Arts, Useful KW - Science, Applied KW - Useful arts KW - Science KW - Industrial arts KW - Material culture KW - Developing countries. KW - Emerging nations KW - Fourth World KW - Global South KW - LDC's KW - Least developed countries KW - Less developed countries KW - Newly industrialized countries KW - Newly industrializing countries KW - NICs KW - Third World KW - Underdeveloped areas KW - Underdeveloped countries UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78142750 AB -
These case studies illustrate the mutual, reciprocal impact of technology on one hand and the social sciences, including government policy, on the other. The text suggests that advanced technology is not always compatible with the different settings in emerging societies with other geographic, economic, social, cultural, and political environments.
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