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| Introduction: Current Issues in the Technology-Development Relationship | 1 | |
| The Use of Natural Coagulants to Treat Wastewaters for Agricultural Reuse in Developing Countries | 15 | |
| Rainwater Catchment Systems Technology: Recent Developments in Africa and Asia | 24 | |
| Sustainable Water Supply and Improved Sanitation for Low Income Communities | 37 | |
| The Indus River and Pakistan's Economy: Energy, Environmental Resources, and Developmental Policy | 40 | |
| Wind Diesel Systems for Developing Countries | 51 | |
| Constraints on the Diffusion of Small-Scale Hydropower in Northern Pakistan | 60 | |
| Technology Transfer for Local Manufacture of Mini- and Micro-Hydropower Equipment within Vietnam, Thailand and the Lao PDR | 70 | |
| Application of Biotechnology to Indigenous Fermented Foods | 85 | |
| Biotechnology for Poverty Alleviation in Third World Countries | 94 | |
| Enzyme Production for Jute Processing | 106 | |
| Utilisation of Local Phosphate Deposits as a Fertiliser in Zambia | 123 | |
| Indigenous Knowledge - The Way Forwards or Backwards in Tropical Agricultural Development? | 134 | |
| Technology Development in Road Construction and Maintenance for Developing Countries | 146 | |
| Technology Policy and Industrialisation Policy in the Global Economy | 159 | |
| The Effect of Some Sectoral Development Policies on Technology - The Case of the Informal Sector | 172 | |
| Intellectual Property and Third World Development: The Case of Indian Patent Law and Economic Development | 181 | |
| Technology Transfer and the Environment | 195 | |
| Technology Transfer and International Organisations: The Question of Localisation | 198 | |
| The Role of International Organisations in Information Technology Transfer: The African Experience | 215 | |
| Technology Transfer to Bangladesh: Aid-Dependence and Failures in Technology Acquisition | 225 | |
| Workshop on 'Transfer of Technology' | 242 | |
| Training for Labour-Based Road Construction and Maintenance | 247 | |
| Technology Education Under Reconstruction: The Case of Uganda | 260 | |
| Computer Studies in Least Developed Countries: A Case Study of Zambia | 270 | |
| Summary Papers | 283 |
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Robert Clipperton
reviewed Technology and Developing Countries on April 13, 2013
Technology and Developing Countries
This book mounts a defense of 'dialogic democracy' [as opposed to delegative democracy] in which 'hybrid forums' of experts, and sundry configurations of laypeople coalesce to debate socio-technical controversies, leading to the reconfiguration of social institutions. I thought the first three chapters were the best; these focused on elucidating the relationship between the functioning of science [in its 'secluded' or 'in the wild' varieties] and civil society. The authors propose that hybrid forums be encouraged, and that these enrich democratic institutions by bringing multiple conflicting viewpoints into contact. I especially like the discussion of the 'laboratorization' of society, whereby expertise attempts to reconfigure society to mirror controlled conditions. I also liked the discussion of the relation between representation and expertise. Despite all the emphasis on fluidity and emergence, the second half of the book unselfconsciously proposes what seems like a flowchart for implementing said forums. The two major blindspots in the book seem to be any discussion of the relationship between these forums and the state, and the character of public discourse. The authors seem to accept a fairly conventional view of the state, assuming that the outcomes of hybrid forums can easily be worked back into the formal political process. An obvious way to extend and problematize their framework would be to consider situations in which hybrid forums constitute governing or steering bodies, as well. Bizarrely, Habermas receives only a brief dismissal, and there is no discussion of the many English-language replies to his work by Calhoun, Warner, Fraser, etc. This seems like a huge oversight, given that what would seem to define a hybrid forum is its heterodox nature relative to the conventions of public discourse.
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