TY  - BOOK
AU  - Low,Morris
AU  - Nakayama,Shigeru
AU  - Yoshioka,Hitoshi
TI  - Science, technology and society in contemporary Japan 
SN  - 0521652820 (alk. paper)
U1  - 303.48/3/0952 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Japan
KW  - Science and state
KW  - Technology and state
KW  - Technology
N1  - Part I. The Japanese Model of R & D: 1. Basic versus applied research: the role of corporate laboratories and universities; 2. Cooperation versus competition: Miti's R & D projects and Japan's science cities; Part II. Science and Technology for Economic Growth: 3. Quality versus quantity: the automobile industry; 4. Technology versus commercial feasibility: nuclear power and electric utilities; 5. Consumerism and development versus the environment; Part III. The International Dimension: 6 Domestic development versus importation of technology: the aerospace industry and the FS-X fighter plane controversy; 7 Domestic technology versus the export of technology; Part IV. Science and Technology for the People? 8. Information society versus controlled society; 9. Women versus men in the science and technology workforce; 10. National interest versus local interests: the construction of Narita airport; 11. The patient versus the doctor: changes in medical care and attitudes to the body
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