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Science, technology and society in contemporary Japan / Morris Low

By: Contributor(s): Series: Contemporary Japanese societyNew York : Cambridge University Press, 1999Description: xiii, 226 pages : mapContent type:
  • rda content
Media type:
  • rda media
Carrier type:
  • rda carrier
ISBN:
  • 0521652820 (alk. paper)
  • 0521654254 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q175.52.J3 L68 1999
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Contents:
The Japanese model of research and development. Basic versus applied research: the role of corporate laboratories and universities -- Cooperation versus competition: national projects and Japan's science cities -- Science and technology for economic growth. Quality versus quantity: quality control and the automobile industry -- Technology versus commercial feasibility: nuclear power and electric utilities -- Consumerism and development versus the environment -- The international dimension. Domestic development versus importation of technology: the aerospace industry and the FS-X/F-2 fighter plane controversy -- Domestic technology versus the export of technology -- Science and technology for the people? Information society versus controlled society -- Science, technology, and gender -- National interest versus local interests: civil aviation and the construction of Narita Airport -- The patient versus the doctor: changes made in medical care and attitudes to the body
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Books Books City Campus Library General Stacks City Campus Library Non-fiction Q175.52LOW 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available 032853
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Japanese model of research and development. Basic versus applied research: the role of corporate laboratories and universities -- Cooperation versus competition: national projects and Japan's science cities -- Science and technology for economic growth. Quality versus quantity: quality control and the automobile industry -- Technology versus commercial feasibility: nuclear power and electric utilities -- Consumerism and development versus the environment -- The international dimension. Domestic development versus importation of technology: the aerospace industry and the FS-X/F-2 fighter plane controversy -- Domestic technology versus the export of technology -- Science and technology for the people? Information society versus controlled society -- Science, technology, and gender -- National interest versus local interests: civil aviation and the construction of Narita Airport -- The patient versus the doctor: changes made in medical care and attitudes to the body

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