Volker Rittberger - Science And Technology In A Changing International Order

Science and Technology in a Changing International Order

From Dependency to Development: Strategies to Overcome Underdevelopment and Inequality, edited by Heraldo Muoz

Women and Technological Change in Developing Countries, edited by Roslyn Dauber and Melinda L. Cain

The Challenge of the New International Economic Older, edited by Edwin P. Reubens

Scientific-Technological Change and the Role of Women in Development, edited by Pamela D'Onofrio-Flores and Sheila M. Pfafflin

Appropriate Technology for Development: A Discussion and Case Histories, edited by Donald D. Evans and Laurie Nogg Adler

New Directions in Development: A Study of U.S. AID, Donald R. Mickelwait, Charles F. Sweet, and Elliott R. Morss

The New Economics of the Less Developed Countries: Changing Perceptions in the North-South Dialogue, edited by Nake Kamrany

A Select Bibliography on Economic Development: With Annotations, John P. Powelson

The Theory and Structures of International Political Economy, edited by Todd Sandler

Western Economies in Transition: Structural Change and Adjustment Policies in Industrial Countries, edited by Irving Leveson and Jimmy W. Wheeler

World Economic Development: 1979 and Beyond, Herman Kahn

Technological Progress in Latin America: The Prospects for Overcoming Dependency, edited by James H. Street and Dilmus D. James

The United States and the Developing Countries, The Atlantic Council Working Group on the United States and the Developing Countries and Edwin M. Martin

Transnational Enterprises: Their Impact on Third World Societies and Cultures, edited by Krishna Kumar

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edited by Volker Rittberger

The authors of this volume review the issues involved in financing the development of endogenous scientific and technological capabilities in Third World countries and examine United Nations global conferences with regard to the options they offer for new international institution building. The authors also look at both contemporary patterns and future alternatives for Third World cooperation in science and technology for development and discuss the significance of the UN Conference on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) for the advancement of women.

Dr. Rittberger is a professor of political science at the University of Tbingen (Federal Republic of Germany) and a Special Fellow at UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research). He is the author of numerous books and articles on international affairs.

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UNITED NATIONS INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING AND RESEARCH (UNITAR)

INSTITUT DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LA FORMATION ET LA RECHERCHE (UNITAR)

The United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development

edited by Volker Rittberger

First published 1982 by Westview Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (1979:
Vienna, Austria)
Science and technology in a changing international order.
(Westview special studies in social, political, and economic development)
"Published for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Underdeveloped areasScienceCongresses. 2. Underdeveloped areas
TechnologyCongresses. 3. ScienceInternational cooperationCongresses.
4. TechnologyInternational cooperationCongresses. 5. ScienceSocial aspects
Congresses. 6. TechnologySocial aspectsCongresses. I. Rittberger, Volker.
II. United Nations Institute for Training and Research. III. Series.
Q127.2.U557 1979 338.9 81-11375
ISBN 0-86531-146-3 AACR2

ISBN 13: 978-0-367-28667-5 (hbk)

As part of its contribution to the 1979 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) organized an informal research group to assess various aspects of applying science and technology to development through the United Nations system. This research group was constituted in early 1978 at the initiative of Dr. Robert S. Jordan, former Director of Research at UNITAR, and was headed by Professor Volker Rittberger, a UNITAR Special Fellow. One of the activities of this group has been the production of a series of working papers on science and technology. These papers seek to provide preliminary analyses rather than definitive conclusions. Their purpose is to facilitate the access of others to the ongoing work of the group and to stimulate critical comments and reactions leading to further improvement of this work.

Science and technology for development has meant, for most of the industrially developed countries, the establishment of modern scientific institutions in developing countries, preferably through private channels. Many of the developing countries view science and technology for development as the abolition of all international barriers that hinder their access to the benefits of scientific-technological advance. However, the establishment of scientific institutions, massive transfers of technology, and the elimination of barriers to the flow of scientific-technological knowledge will not alone solve the problems facing the developing countries. The scientific and technological communities in the developing countries are small, and they are isolated from the mainstream of scientific inquiry. Furthermore, the educational systems of the developing countries in the areas of science and technology are insufficiently staffed, poorly equipped, and too small. Indeed, knowledge of science and technology and the benefits derived from it in both the industrially developed and the developing countries is limited to too few people, and the population as a whole is not affected by it.

Against this background, UNITAR is helping in the search for socially relevant methods of strengthening the technological autonomy of the developing countries and harnessing the potential of science and technology for the solution of global problems. This volume constitutes one such effort in this direction.