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Technology, Development and Democracy - Limits of National Innovation Systems in the Age of Postmodernism (Hardcover)
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How can developing nations achieve cohesive national innovation
systems which provide the foundations for technological progress
and economic growth? In answer to this question, Technology,
Development and Democracy examines the possibility of studying
innovation systems using a unified approach drawing on economic,
political, sociological and cultural factors and addresses the
problematic concept of progress in the postmodern era. Haider Khan
expresses the search for high technology as the search for
'positive feedback loop innovation systems' (POLIS). In the first
part of the book the conditions for POLIS are explored both in
theory and using empirical evidence. The author examines the
theoretical arguments which describe an innovation system as a
complex and uncertain evolutionary process. He uses empirical
evidence to illustrate these arguments and examines whether South
Korea's pursuit of high technology has led to the creation of a
'positive feedback loop innovation system'. The second part of the
book extends the analysis of the economics of POLIS and discusses
the implications of high technology systems for the polity and
society at large. It also pursues some of the normative issues
raised by high technology, particularly the relationship between
economy and democracy. Technology, Development and Democracy will
be invaluable to students and academics with an interest in
economic development, technological change and political economy.
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