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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Herrera, Amilcar Oscar

Titel

The advantages of being a late-comer to what?

Ist Teil von

• Social Science Information, 1989-12, Vol.28 (4), p.823-840

Ort / Verlag

London, etc: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

1989

Quelle

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In L'Ecrivain public et l'ordinateur -- Mirages du developpement ([The Public Scribe and the Computer -- Mirages of Development] Paris: Hachette, 1988), J. J. Salomon & A. Lebeau address issues surrounding the inadequate development & modernization of Third World nations, make policy recommendations, & propose that technological innovations are impossible without prior social transformations in structure, institutions, & mindset. If these conditions are not met, the underdeveloped nations will continue to be dependent & flounder in undertaking basic research, rather than benefit from using current applied research. Here, it is suggested that while cultural differences do not prevent gaining the full benefits of modern science & technology, as evidenced by the Japanese, the effects of the present world crisis will be worse than Salomon & Lebeau predict: 80% of the world's population will be living in the Third World in similar or worse living conditions due to global impoverishment of natural resources. The Third World can avoid this fate if strong measures are taken, ie, the practice of an austere material life & egalitarianism by a participatory, autonomous, & environmentally aware society. In addition, ways that technological dependency can be prevented are suggested. J. Sadler