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GoodA book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“Crease/bruise to cover and pages.”
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ISBN
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9780262690195
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Subject Area
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Political Science, Technology & Engineering
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Publication Name
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Science, Technology, and American Foreign Policy
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Publisher
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MIT Press
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8 in
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Subject
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Social Aspects, Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy, International Relations / General
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Publication Year
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1969
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Type
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Textbook
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Trade Paperback
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Language
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English
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0.7 in
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Reprint
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Item Weight
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13.8 Oz
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5.3 in
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Number of Pages
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330 Pages
Science, Technology, and American Foreign Policy (Mit Press), Skolnikoff, Eugene
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262690195
ISBN-13
9780262690195
eBay Product ID (ePID)
116855
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
330 Pages
Publication Name
Science, Technology, and American Foreign Policy
Language
English
Publication Year
1969
Subject
Social Aspects, Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy, International Relations / General
Features
Reprint
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Technology & Engineering
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
“Designed to delineate and direct attention to the increasingly influential interrelationship between science, technology and foreign policy, Skolnikoff’s book succeeds as the first serious attempt to set out the significance, scope and surprising subtlety of this new interface. The book is intended to awaken the reader to its critical importance, the current incapacity of our institutions to cope with it effectiveJJl and the urgent need to do something to improve the situation.” – Scientific Research
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
327.73
Edition Description
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Synopsis
‘Designed to delineate and direct attention to the increasingly influential interrelationship between science, technology and foreign policy, Skolnikoff’s book succeeds as the first serious attempt to set out the significance, scope and surprising subtlety of this new interface. The book is intended to awaken the reader to its critical importance, the current incapacity of our institutions to cope with it effectively and the urgent need to do something to improve the situation. -Scientific Research., In an age when science and technology are becoming the popular yardsticks for measuring progress or prestige in international affairs, it is strange indeed that little literature relevant to the role of science in relation to foreign policy exists. That void is filled, and admirably so, by this book–a timely articulation of a relationship hitherto superficially accepted but usually denied in practice, because it is only vaguely understood. Skolnikoff shows the breadth of the relationship and the character of the interaction between the scientific and other elements of major issues of foreign affairs. Most important, he shows how the uncertainties inherent in judgments about science and technology are affected by political factors, and reciprocally, how political factors depend on scientific and technological factors figure prominently, real integration of science and technology in the policy process is essential. In this respect, the existing mechanisms of the U.S. Government, particularly in the Department of State, are demonstrated to be wanting. To make these and other points, such as the use of science and technology as new tools of policy, the book discusses in turn the major areas of policy–arms and arms control, space, atomic energy, bilateral relations, international organizations and the like–using a combined analytical and case study approach. The discussion develops the nature of the technical elements of policy issues and points out the requirements posed for the policy process. Modifications of existing methods for providing scientific inputs in foreign affairs are offered. In addition, the book offers for the first time a history of the science advisory mechanisms for foreign policy in the White House and Department of State. A final chapter demonstrates the meaning of continuing technological advances for some of the basic assumptions: for example, the changed significance of national freedom of action, the inviolability of national borders, the possibility of having to suppress or control technology, and the inevitable growth of decision making on an international scale. Science, Technology, and American Foreign Policy is certain to hold the attention of scholar and policy maker alike, for it is the first book to treat this subject from a policy vantage point. This assures the best kind of generality, for it allows an over-all view of not one but the spectrum of scientific issues that are constantly meeting and interacting with the political demands posed by an effective international policy.
LC Classification Number
E744.S57
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