Science and Technology Policy for Development (eBook, PDF)

Dialogues at the Interface
Redaktion: De La Rive Box, Louk; Engelhard, Rutger

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is about changing social relationships. The authors focus on the question of what social relations make for successful science and technology policies. In particular, the various chapters illustrate what happens at different social interfaces, such as between policy makers and researchers, and between the users and producers of knowledge. In other words, they are interested in the knowledge networks that are emerging between the many different actors involved in the development of science and technology.' Science and Technology Policy for Development' is the outcome of a workshop that brought together scholars and policy makers from the global South and the North, from private and public organizations, to review their experiences. What unites the authors is a common concern for researchpolicy linkages. In this context, research was taken to mean any systematic effort to increase the stock of knowledge, and 'policy' as any purposive course of action followed by an actor or set of actors. Linkages are seen as the communication and patterns of interaction among the actors involved. Such patterns may consolidate into knowledge networks in which information is evaluated or prioritized. A number of authors stress the communication aspect of such patterns, especially in the form of dialogue between actors or, through them, between institutions like ministries, universities or companies. The subtitle of this book reflects this orientation: 'Dialogues at the Interface' refers to communication between these different institutions. A must read for students of development economics, professionals in the sector and policy-makers alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781843317579
• Artikelnr.: 44472046

Autorenporträt

Edited by Louk de la Rive Box and Rutger Engelhard

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Acronyms
Preface
Foreword
Dialogues at the Interface: an Introduction
Visions from the South: Knowledge Dependence and Its Discontents: The Demand for Policy Research in Africa in the era of Globalization
Regionalism and Science and Technology Development in Africa
Building a Critical Mass of Researchers in the Least Developed Countries: New Challenges
Epistemic Communities and Informed Policy Making for Promoting Innovations: The Case of Singapore
Science for Transformations: Research Agendas and Priorities in South Africa
Networking Knowledge: Science and Technology Policies Through Policy Dialogue
From Development Research to Pro-Poor Policy: Evidence and the Change Process
Priority Setting in Research for Development: A Donor's Perspective
International Collaboration in Science and Technology: Promises and Pitfalls
Priority Setting in Technical Cooperation: Expanding the Demand for Knowledge-Based Development
The Use of Foresight in Setting Agricultural Research Priorities
Development of Sustainable Control of Diamondback Moth in Cabbage and Cauliflower by Public-Private Partnership
Coda: The Emerging Contextual Space for Priority Setting in Development Research
Workshop Participants