Liberation and Technology : Development Possibilities in Pursuing Technological Autonomy
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| Title: | Liberation and Technology : Development Possibilities in Pursuing Technological Autonomy |
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| Description: | “The most fundamental difference between ‘developing'and ‘developed'societies is technology, in a broad yet specific sense”; so states the author of this important study, Liberation and Technology: Development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy. The ways in which technology is developed, institutionalized, animated and celebrated, form the core of ‘development'(human, economic, environmental, etc.) and ultimately civilization itself. But ‘techno-spheres'are not only technical. They are also social, political, and ideological. For societies and countries that have long been kept from realizing their own prosperity and dignity, development is also liberation. The main treatise of this book is that each developing society ought to seek to achieve technological autonomy in its quest for positive transformations and prosperity for its people. Technological autonomy is about attaining a high level of self-determination in planning and managing technological affairs. Attaining endogenous capacity to guide and execute decisions on production and innovation; creating and transferring key technological products and services; steering relevant foreign and local investment as well as trade; setting own priorities of development free from external manipulation; are goals that must be central to such planning efforts. With evidence and argument, and in plain language, this book suggests a novel way of thinking about development, through envisioning and building better techno-social systems. For these reasons this book is a welcome addition to the body of ideas informing practitioners and theorists in the field of development—political leaders, economists, sociologists, engineers, technologists, scientists, scholars, planners and activists who are involved in relevant development processes and liberation struggles. |
| Authors: | H. Sheikheldin |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Appropriate technology--Developing countries, Technology--Developing countries, Technology and state--Developing countries, Science and state--Developing countries |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries |
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