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January-June 1996

Volume 1 Number 2

Changing Trends in Science Policy

July-December 1996

Volume 2 Number 1

 

January-June 1997

Volume 2 Number 2

International Mobility of Brains in Science and Technology

July-December 1997

Volume 3 Number 1

 

January-June 1998

Volume 3 Number 2

 

July-December 1998

Volume 4 Number 1

 

January-June 1999

Volume 4 Number 2

Social History of Science

July-December 1999

Volume 5 Number 1

 

January-June 2000

Volume 5 Number 2

 

July-December 2000

Volume 6 Number 1

 

January-June 2001

Volume 6 Number 2

 

July-December 2001

Volume 7 Number 1

 

January-June 2002

Volume 7 Number 2

 

July-December 2002

Volume 8 Number 1

 

January-June 2003

Volume 8 Number 2

 

July-December 2003

Volume 9 Number 1

 

March 2004

Volume 9 Number 2

 

September 2004

Volume 10 Number 1

 

March 2005

Volume 10 Number 2

 

September 2005

Volume 11 Number 1

 

March 2006

Volume 11 Number 2

 

September 2006

Volume 12 Number 1

Social Studies of Science and Technology in Latin America

March 2007

Volume 12 Number 2

 

July 2007

Volume 13 Number 1

 

May 2008

Volume 13 Number 2

ICTs and Development: Asian Experiences

September 2008

 

Volume 1 Number 1 January-June 1996

Articles

The Social Construction of Leprosy in Colombia, 1884-1939 1
DIANA OBREGON

Agronomia Afranceada: The French Contribution to Mexican
Agronomy, 1880-1940 25
JOSEPH COTTER and MICHAEL A. OBORN

Small Player Advantage in a New Game: Capturing Opportunity as
Developing Countries from the New Globalism of Technology 51
STEPHEN C. HILL

A Science Policy to Cope with the Inevitable ?
JEAN-JACQUES SALOMON

Country Report

Science and Technology in a Democratic South Africa-New
Challenges and New Policy Directions 101

Technological competition in Deep Water: The Success of a
Challenges and New Policy Directions
DAVID E. KAPLAN

Commentaries and Short Reports

Science, Technology and Policy Changes in India 129
V.V.KRISHNA

Reforming Science and Technology System in China: 1985-95 145
V.P. KHARBANDA

Audience Africa on Development: Africans Speak to Africans
UNESCO, PARIS

Asian Perspective on Development 163
VIRGINIA A. MIRALAO

Science and Technology for Social Development 167
YOGESH ATAL

Social Studies of Science and Technology-A Report on a Latin
American Workshop 173
HEBE VESSURI

Book Reviews 179

N.C. Saxena and Vishwa Ballabh, eds, Farm Forestry in South Asia, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1995; by Mahesh Rangarajan

Sandhya Venkateshwaran, Environment, Development and the Gender Gap. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1995; by Mahesh Rangarajan.

Deepak Kumar, Science and the Raj, 1857-1905, New Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1995; by Patrick Petitjean.

Richard H. Grove, Green Imperialism : Colonial Exansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism, 1600-1860, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1995; by S. Sangwan

James E. McClellan III. Colonialism and Science: Saint Domingue in the Old Regime. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992; by Patrick Petitjean


Volume 1 Number 2 July-December 1996

Special Issue: Changing Trends in Science Policy
Guest Editors: MERLE JACOB and AANT ELZINGA

Articles

Introduction: Changing Trends in Science Policy 209
MERLE JACOB and AANT ELZINGA

Science and Technology Policies in Developing Countries : A
Political Analysis of Latin American Practice and Prospects 225
MARIA-INES BASTOS

Formulating an S&T Policy for Sri Lanka in the Context of
Globalisation 249

TISSA VITARANA
Science and Politics in Latin America: The Old and the New
Context in Argentina 267
PABLO KREIMER

The Transformation of the Research System in the Czech
Republic 291
ST. PROVAZNIK, A. FILACEK, E. KRIZOVA-
FRUDPVA, J. LOUDIN and P. MACHLEDIT

Socicultural Dimensions of Technological Learning 333
HEBE VESSURI and MARIA VICTORIA CANNIO

Commentaries and Short Reports
Best Practices of Research and Technology Organization:
Towards a More Responsive R&D 351
PRADOSH NATH and N. MRINALINI

Amiya Kumar Bagchi, with the assistance of Ranabir Samaddar, ed., New Technology and the Workers' Response : Microelectronics, Labour and Society, New Delhi : Sage Publications, 1995 ; by K. Ravi Srinivas

Bernhard Glaeser, Housing, Sustainable Development and the Rural Poor : A Study of Tamil Nadu, New Delhi : Sage Publications, 1995; by K.S. Jagadish.

Rakesh.S.Hooja and P.S. Kavdia, eds, Planning for Sustainability in Irrigation: command Area Development and Indira Gandhi Canal Project. Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 1994; by B.D. Dhawan.

Shiela Jasanoff, Gerald E. Markle, James C. Peterson and Trevor Pinch, eds, Handbookof Science and Technology Studies. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1995; by Dinesh K. Abrol

Nasir Tyabji, Colonialism, chemical Technology and Industry in Southern India 1880-1937, Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1995; by Parthasarathi Banerjee


Volume 2 Number 1 January-June 1997

Articles

The Young P.C. Ray and the Inauguration of the Social History
Of Science in India (1885-1907) 1
DHRUV RAINA
A `House for Solomon' in the Caribbean: The Venezuelan
Institute of Scientific Research 41
HEBE M.C. VESSURI
Methodological Issues in Science and Technology Policy
Research: Technological Capability 73
TITUS ADBOYE and NORMAN CLARK
Critical Theory in Political Practice: Sustainable Development
And Development Theory 99
MERLE JACOB

Discussion Paper
Productive Inertia and Technical Change 131
PASCAL BYEANN

Commentaries and Short Reports
Science the Refreshing River: Conference Report 151
AANT ELZINGA

Books Reviewed

Joel E. Cohen, How Many People can the Earth Support? New York and London : Norton, 1995; by Sundari Ravindran

Katar Singh and Vishwa Ballabh, eds, Cooperative Management of Natural Resources. New Delhi : Sage Publications, 1996; by Savyasaachi

V.M. Dandekar, The Indian Economy, 1947-92, Volume 2 : Population, Poverty and Ecmployment. New Delhi : Sage Publications, 1996; by Sukumar Muralidharan.

Steven Yearley, Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization, Reinventing the Globe. London : Sage, 1996; by Mahesh Rangarajan

John L. Enos, In Pursuit of Science and Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa-The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes. UNU/INTECH Studies in New Technology and Development. London : Routledge in association with UNU Press, 1995; by Rajeswari S. Raina.


Volume 2 Number 2 July-December 1997

Special Issue: International Mobility of Brains in Science and Technology
Guest Editors: JACQUES GAILARD

Articles

Introduction: The International Mobility of Brains: Exodus or
Circulation? 195
JACQUES GAILARD and ANNE MARIE
GAILLARD
Migration of Scientists and the Building of a Laboratory in
Argentina 229-260

PABLO KREIMER
The Uruguayan Basic Scientists' Migrations and Their Academic
Articulation around the PEDECIBA 261-284
ADRUABA VARREURI and LEA VELHO

Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain: The Colombian
Experience of the Diaspora Option
JEAN-BAPTISTE MEYER, JORGE CHARUM,
DORA BERNAL, JACQUES GAILARD, JOSE
GRANES, JOHN LEON, ALVARO MONTENEGRO,
ALVARO MORALES, CARLOS MURCIA, NORA
NARVAEZ-BERTHELEMOT, LUZ STELLA
PARRADO and BERNARD SCLEMMER

From Brain Drain to Reverse Brain Drain: Three Decades of
Korean Experience 317-345
HAHZOONG SONG

Phasing Scientific Migration in the Context of Brain Gain and
Brain Drain in India 347-385
V.V. KRISHNA and BINOD KHADRIA

Research Notes

Reversing the Brain Drain : The Case for Utilising South Africa's
Unique Intellectual Diaspora 387-406
DAVID E. KAPLAN

Mobility of Russian R&D Personnel in the 1990s: Magnitue
and Consequences 407-434

G.KITOVA and T.KOUZNETSOVA
The Impact of Jewish Refugee Chemists from Nazi Germany on
Chemistry in Palestine/Israel 435-445
UTE DEICHMANN

Books Reviewed

Vineeta Hoon, Living on the Move : Bhotiyas ssof the Kumaon Himalays. New Delhi : Sage Publications, 1996; by Amit Prasad

Bibek Debroy, Beyond the Uruguay Round : The Indian Perspective on GATT, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1996; by Aditya Nigarm

Ashish Kothari, Neena Singh and Saloni Suri, eds. People and Protected Areas : Towards Participatory Conservation in India. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1996;
by Archana Prasad


Volume 3 Number 1 January-June 1998

Articles

Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Technological
Learning 1
RIGAS ARVANITIS and DANIEL VILLAVICENCIO

Technology and Human Capital in Maturing Asian Countries 11
SANYAYA LALL

To Create an Industry : The Growth of Consumer Electronics
Manufacturing in Mexico and Taiwan 49
NICHOLA LOWE and MARTIN KENNEY

Technological competition in Deep Water: The Success of a
Company in a Country in the Priphery 75
ANTONIO JOSE J. BOTELHO

Technological Learning and Competitiveness in the Autoparts
and Petrochemical Industries in Mexico
JAVIER JASSO and ARTURO TORRES

Technological Learning and Innovation in the Mexican
Chemical Industry: An Exercise in Taxonomy 153
RIGAS ARVANITIS and DANIEL VILLAVICENCIO

Discussion Paper

Strategic Alliances in Information Technology and Developing
Country Firms: Policy Perspectives 181
NICHOLAS S. VONORTAS

Research Notes

The New Biotechnology Companies and the Competitive
Conditions of Markets: Some Examples from France and Brazil 207
MARIA BEATRIZ BONACELLI and SERGIO
SALLES-FILHO

Learning Differential in the Agents of Technical Change: The
Case of Biotechnology in Mexico 225
ROBERTO LOPEZ-MARTINEZ, ROSA LUZ
GONZALEZ and ISMAEL NUNEZ, ISMAEL

Books Reviewed

George Couvalis, The Philosophy of Science : Science and Objectivity. London: Sage Publications, 1997. by David Oldroyd.

Fritj of Capra and Gunter pauli, eds, Streering Business Toward Sustainability. New Delhi: Response Books, 1995; and Shekhar Mehta, Sudipto Mundle and U. Sankar, Controlling Pollution-Incentives and Regulations. New Delhi : Sage Publications, 1997. by Savyasaachi


Volume 3 Number 2 July-December 1998

Articles

Technology Generation and Technology Transfers in the world
Economy: Recent Trends and Implication for Developing
Countries
NAGESH KUMAR 265-306
SANYAYA LALL

Lessons of the Past? Technology Transfer and Russian
Industrialization in Comparative Perspective 307
IAN INKSTER

Review Essay

Structural Adjustment, Industrialisation and Technological
Capabilities in Africa 335
TOM HEWITT and MICHAEL ALBU

Commentary and Short Report

Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: A Report 365
VLADISLAV KOTCHETKOV

Books Reviewed

Shiv Visvanathan, A Carnival for Science: Essays on Science, Technology and Development. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1997; by Wenda Bauchspies, Troy

Marcos Cueto, ed., Salud, Cultura y Sociedad en America Latina: nuebvas perspectives historicas. Lima : Organization Pany-Americana de la Salud, 1996;
by. Leoncio Lopez Ocon

Steve Fuller, Science, Buckingham: Open University Press, 1997; by.Sal Restivo

O.J. Kuik, M.V. Nadkarni, F.H. Oosterhuis, G.S. Sastry and A.E. Akkerman, Pollution Control in the South and North: A Comparative Assessment of Environmental Policy Approaches in India and the Netherlands. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1997; by Merie Jacob

Prabuddha Ganguli, Gearing Up for Patents-The Indian Scenario, Hyderabad: University Press (India) Ltd., 1998; by R.K Gupa.


Science, Technology & Society

Volume 4 Number 1 January-June 1999

 

Articles

Legitmacy, Controversies and Translation in Public Statistics :
The Experience of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and
Statistics 1
SIMON SCHWARTZMAN

Latin American Science and Technology Policy: New Scenarios
And the Research Community 35
RENATO DAGNINO and HERNAN THOMAS

Special Symposium on STS : Towards the Twenty-First Century
STS Towards the Twenty-first Century 55
HIDETO NAKAJIMA

STS and Public Policy: Getting Beyond Deconstruction 59
SHELIA JASANOFF

STS in Europe
ARIR RIP 73

The Role of Lay People in the Production and Dissemination of
Knowledge
MICHEL CALLON

Gender Studies of STS: A Look Toward the Future 95
LONDA SCHIEBINGER

Science, Technology and Society Studies in Korea: Background
And Prospects 107
SONG SAN-YONG

The Development of Science and Technology in South-East Asia:
Status and Prospects 115
ROGER POSADAS

Books Reviewed

Reidar Dale, Evaluation Frameworks for Development Programmes and Projects. New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/London: Sage Publications by Douglas Horton

Anirudh Krishna, Norman Uphoff and Milton J. Esman, eds. Reasons for Hope: Instructive Experiences in Rural Development. New Delhi: Vistaar Publications, 1998; by ////////////////////////

Norman Uphoff Milton J. Esman and Anirudh Krishna Reasons for Success: Learning from Instructive Experiences in Rural Development. New Delhi. Vistaar Publications, 1998; by Rajeshwari S. Raina




Science, Technology & Society

Volume 4 Number 2 July-December 1999

Special Issue: Social History of Science

Guest Editors: MICHAEL A. OSBORNE and DEEPAK KUMAR

 

Editorial 159

Articles

Introduction : The Social History of Science, Technoscience
and Imperialism
MICHAEL A. OSBORNE 161

Comparative History of Modern Science and the Context of
Dependency
MICHEL PATY 171

The Social Production of Metropolitan Expertise in
Tropical Diseases: The Imperial State, Colonial Service
and the Tropical Diseases Research Fund
DOUGLAS MELVIN HAYNES 205

`Colony' under a Microscope: The Medical Works of
W.M. Haffkine
DEEPAK KUMAR 239

Penetrating the Natives: Peanut Breeding, Peasants
And the Colonial State in Senegal (1900-1950)
CHRISTOPHE BONNEUIL 273

Applied Science in Latin American Countries: The Case of
The Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Brazil', 1906-1934
SILVIA F. de M. FIGUEIROA 303

`Imperial Corridor': Association, Transportation and Power
in French Colonial Indochina
DAVID W. DEL TESTA 319

Books Reviewed

Ziauddin Sardar, Ed., The Touch of Midas: Science, Values and Environment in Islam and the West. Mapusa, Goa: The Other India Press and Aligarh : Centre for Studies in Science, 1997; by S. Irfan Habib

Anil Kumar, Medicine and the Raj: British Medical Policy in India, 1835-1911, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998; by Mark Harrison


Science, Technology & Society

Volume 5 Number 1 January-June 2000

 

Articles
Are Scientists in Developing Countries Isolated? 1
WESLEY SHRUM and PATRICIA CAMPION

Information Technologies and Late Development: Innovative
Capacity or Hidden Reproduction of Core-Periphery
Cleavages? 35
SANDRA ROTHBOECK

Research Notes

Barriers to the Uptake of Cleaner Technologies in
African Countries: The Case of Tanzania 61
MAMMO MUCHIE

Commentaries and Reports

World Conference on Science-`Science for the
Twenty-first Century: A New Commitment'
(Declaration on Science and the Use of
Scientific Knowledge) 81
UNESCO (PARIS)

`Science in Society: A New Social Contract'-
A Report on the Bangalore Symposium 93
R. RAMACHANDRAN, A.R. VASAVI,
ANINDYA SINHA and R. NARASIMHA

Books Reviewed

Rukmini Bhaya Nair (with Ramnik Bajan and Ankur Meataile), Technobrat: in a Cybernetic Classroom. New Delhi: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997; by Aant Elzinga

Satyajit Singh Taming the Waters: The Political Economy of Large Dams in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1997; by Praveen Singh

Ashish Kothari,Neema Pathak, R.V. Anuradha and Bansuri Taneja, Eds, Communities and Conservation: Natural Resource Management in South and Central Asia. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1998; by Archana Prasad

Science, Technology & Society

Volume 5 Number 2 July-December 2000

 

Articles

Cultural Wars and New Technologies: The Discourse of
Plant Breeding and the Professionalisation of
Mexican Agronomy, 1880-1994
JOSEPH COTTER - 141

Debate: New Mode of Knowledge Production or New Networks?

The Production of Knowledge between Academies
And Markets: A Historical Reading of the
Book The New production of Knowledge
DOMINIQUE PESTRE 169

The Production of Knowledge beyond the Academy
And the Market: A Reply to Dominique Pestre
HELGA NOWTNY 183

Mode 2 or the Emblematic Disestablishment of Science:
A View from the Edge
HEBE VESSURI 195

The Changing Structure of Science in
Developing Countries
V.V.KRISHNA, ROLAND WAAST
And JACQUES GAILLARD 209

Research Notes

Recent Trends in Science and Technology Policy 225
JEAN -JACQUES SALOMON


Science, Technology & Society

Volume 6 Number 1 January-June 2001

Special Issue: Science and Technology for Development
In South Asia and China

Editors: V.V. KRISHNA

 

Editorial 1

Introduction
Science and Technology for Development in South Asia
and China
V.V.KRISHNA 5

Articles
India: Coping with the Challenges of the
Global Technology Order
PRADEEP KUMAR MEHTA and ATUL SARMA 23

Research Performance of Scientists in Academic Institutions
In India: An Empirical Exploration
BINAY KUMAR PATNAIK and
L. CHAUDHURY 61

Science and Technology Development in Pakistan
TANVEER NAIM 97

Strengthening Technological Capability for
Industrial Competitiveness in Bangladesh
N.NAZRUL ISLAM 133

Development of Science and Technology in Nepal
RAMESH M. SINGH and DINESH R. BHUJU

The Evolution and Structure of Science and Technology
In Sri Lanka
R.M.W. AMARADASA and M.A.T. DE SILVA 179

Science and Technology Policy for Development:
China's Experience in the Second Half of the
Twentieth Century
SHULIN GU 203

Books Reviewed

S. Irfan Habib and Dhruv Raina, eds, Situating the History of Science: Dialogues with Joseph Needham. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1999; by Ian Barrow

Shivraj Kanungo, Making Information Technology Work. New Delh : Sage Publications, 1999; by Parthasarthy Bannerjee

Ghulam Kibria, Technology Acquisition in Pakistan: Story of a Failed Privileged Class and a Successful Working Class. Karachi: City Press, 1998; by Prabir Purkayastha

Science, Technology & Society

Volume 6 Number 2 July-December 2001

 

Articles

Technology Policies and Acquisition of Technological Capabilities
In the Industrial Sector: A comparative Analysis of the Indian
And Korean Experiences
ARADHNA AGGARWAL 225

From Fragmentation to Integration: Development Process of
Innovation Clusters in Korea
KNOG-RAELEE 305

Barriers to Innovation in Small-scale Industries: Case Study
From the Briquetting Industry in India
JOY CLANCY 329

Research Notes
The Meaning of Absent Practices: From Ludwik Fleck's Views
To Studies of Non-Western Science
ILANA LOWY 359

Science and Society in Colonial India : Exploring an Agenda
DEPAK KUMAR 375

Research Report

Paradoxes of Industralisation and Unilateral Liberalisation in
Africa: A Case of Unrealised Potential of Value-added
Leather Manufacture in Kenya
MAMMO MUCHIE 397

Books Reviewed

Akhil Gupta, Postcolonial Developments: Agriculture in the Making of Modern India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999; by Rajeswari Raina

Binay Kumar Patnaik, (ed.), Technology Transfer and In-house R & D in Indian Industry (In the Later 1990s) (Volumen I and Volume II). New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 1999; by K.J. Joseph

S. Dasgupta, Jagadish Chandra Bose and the Indian Response to Western Science. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999; by Prajit Basu

Bryan Randolph Bruns and Ruth S. Meinzen-Dick, eds, Negotiating Water Rights. New Delhi: International Food Policy Research Institute and Vistaar Publications, 2000; by .Dipak Gyawali


Science, Technology & Society

Special Issue: The Context of Innovation in India
The Case of the Information Technology Industry

Guest Editor : E. Sridharan

Volume 7 Number 1 January-June 2002

 

Editorial 1

Introduction

The Capacity for Innovation and the Trajectory of
the Indian IT Industry
E.SRIDHARAN 3

Articles

Limits to Innovation with Strong Export Orientation: The Case of
India's Information and Communication Technologies Sector
ASHOK PARTHASARATHI and K.J. JOSEPH 13

Export Growth and Path Dependence: The Locking-in of
Innovations in the Software Industry
ANTHONY P. D'COSTA

Innovation in the Indian Information Technology Industry :
A Study of the Software Product Development Process
RISHIKESHA T. KRISHNAN and GANESH N. PRABHU 91

The Silicon Valley Connection : Transnational Networks and
Regional Development in Taiwan, China and India
ANNALEE SAXENIAN 117

The Indian Software Industry from an Israeli Perspective :
A Microeconomic and Policy Analysis
MORRIS TEUBAL 151

Books Reviewed

Nasir Tyabji, Industrialization and Innovation : The Indian Experience. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000; by Robert Anderson

Jyotsna Agnihotri Gupta, New Reproductive Technologies : Women's Health and Autonomy. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000; by Imrana Qadeer

Science, Technology & Society

Volume 7 Number 2 July-December 2002

 

Introduction

Innovation Context and Strategy of Scientific Research in Latin America
HEBE VESSURI 201

Articles

Integrating Local and Global Knowledge, Technology and Production
Systems : Challenges for Technical Cooperation
JUANA KURAMOTO and FRANCISCO SAGASTI 215

Technological Capabilities of the Chemical Industry in Brazil
And Venezuela : A Comparative Taxonomy
ALEXIS MERCADO 249

Rowing Against the Tide: Emergence and Consolidation of Molecular
Biology in Argentina, 1960-90
PABLO KREMIER and MANUEL LUGONES 285

The Brazilian Genome Project: A Successful Example of a
Research Network
CARMEN LUCIA B. NEGRAES and
PAULO CESAR G.EGLER 313

Latin American Catalysis: As Seen through the Ibero-American
Catalysis symposia
HEBE VESSURI and MARIA VICTORIA CANINO 339

Research Notes

Institutions Linking Knowledge Generation with Knowledge
Utilization: The Case of Mexico
JAIME JIMENEZ and JUDITH ZUBIETA 365

Books Reviewed

Bernard Joerges and Terry Shinn, eds, Instrumentation between Science, State and Industry (Sociology of Sciences Yearbook, Vol.XXXII). Dordrech: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001; by Pablo Kreimer

Brain Martin, Technology for Nonviolent Struggle. London: War Resisters' International, 2001;by Aant Elzinga

Patrick F. D' Arcy, Laboratory on the Nile: A History of the Welcome Tropical Research Laboratories. Binghamton, New York: Pharmaceutical Products Press(Haworth Press, Inc.), 1999; by Robert O. Collins

Volume 8 Number 1 January-June 2003

Articles

Knowledge Networks and Technological Capabilities
In the African Manufacturing Cluster
BANJI OYELARAN-OYEYINKA 1

Mapping the Country: European Geography and the Cartographical Construction of India, 1760-90
MICHAEL MANN 25

Agri-food Biotechnology Discourse in India
TOMIKO YAMAGUCHI, CRAIG K. HARRIS and
LAWRENCE BUSCH 47

Country Reports

Developments in Biotechnology: International Initiatives, Status in India and Agenda before Developing Countries
SACHIN CHAATURVEDI 73

Science and Technology Policy 2003
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 101

Research Note

Technology and Work Pattern of Women in the Midnapore
Region of West Bengal
T.DASGUPTA and R.N. CHATTOPADHYAY 113

Books Reviewed

D.R. Sardesai and Raju G.C. Thomas, eds., Nuclear India in the Twenty-first Century. London: Palgrave, 2002; by Robert Anderson

Merle Jacob and Tomas Heustrom, eds. The future of Knowledge Production in the Academy, Buckingham: Society for Research into Higher Education and Open University Psress, 2000; by Manoj Tirkey

Science, Technology & Society

Special Issue: The Status of Science in Africa

Editors : R. Waast and V.V. Krishna

Volume 8 Number 2 July-December 2003

Introduction: The Status of Science in Africa
R.WAAST and V.V. KRISHNA 145

Articles

Science in Africa: From Institutionalisation to Scientific Free Market-What Options for Development?
R.WAAST and KRISHNA 153

Extraversion Strategies within a Peripheral Research Community:
Nigerian Scientists' Responses to the State and Changing Patter ns of International Science and Development cooperation
YANN LEBEAU 183

Bridging Knowledge Boundaries: A Challenge for S&T Policy In Mozambique
TIM TURPIN and CRISTINA MARTINEZ
FERNANDEZ 215

South African Science in Transition
JOHANN MOUTON 235

Tunisian Science in Search of Legitimacy
FRANCOIS SINO 261

From Generation to Cultivation by the State: Progress of Moroccan Scientific Research 283
MINA KLEICHE

Volume 13 Number 1 May 2008

 

Redefining the Brain Drain: China's ‘Diaspora Option’

David Zweig, Chung Siu Fung, and Donglin Han

 

Coping with a Giant: Challenges and Opportunities for Thai and Vietnamese Motorcycle Industry from China

Patarapong Intarakumnerd and Mai Fujita

 

Upgrading in Asian Clusters: Rethinking the Importance of Interactive Learning

Cristina Chaminade and Jan Vang

 

Science and Technology Policy in South Africa: Past Performance and Proposals for the Future

Dave Kaplan

 

Nanotechnology's Controversial Role for the South

Noela Invernizzi, Guillermo Foladori, and Donald Maclurcan