TY  - GEN
AU  - Low,Morris
AU  - Nakayama,Shigeru
AU  - Yoshioka,Hitoshi
TI  - Science, technology and society in contemporary Japan
SN  - 0521652820 (alk. paper)
AV  - Q175.52.J3 L68 1999
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Cambridge University Press, 
KW  - Science
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Science and state
KW  - Technology and state
KW  - Technology
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam0210/99035364.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam028/99035364.html
ER  -