Benevolent Conspiracies: The Role of Enabling Technologies in the Welfare of Nations. the Cases of Sdi, Sematech, and Eureka

ISBN-13: 9783110144857 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 367 str.

Christopher Thorn; Helmut Wilke; Helmut Willke

Opis

This volume describes American and European reactions to the Japanese supremacy in core technologies, focussing on the emerging idea of economic national security and an active role of the state in mediating enabling technologies. The "Strategic Defense Initiative" (SDI), the U.S. semiconductor program SEMATECH, and the European R & D initiative EUREKA serve as case studies on how states try to promote knowledge-based technologies in strategically relevant areas. A theoretical chapter analyzes changes in stateness and an emerging new type of political economy within the context of globally-oriented international competition.

O autorze

Helmut Willke ist Professor für Staatstheorie und Global Governance an der Universität Bielefeld.