A Note on Science, Technology and Development in an Era of Globalisation
In: China report: a journal of East Asian studies = Zhong guo shu yi, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 375-376
ISSN: 0973-063X
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In: China report: a journal of East Asian studies = Zhong guo shu yi, Band 39, Heft 3, S. 375-376
ISSN: 0973-063X
In: Science, technology & society: an international journal devoted to the developing world, Band 6, Heft 2, S. 375-395
ISSN: 0973-0796
In: Social scientist: monthly journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences, Band 28, Heft 5/6, S. 24
In: Science, technology & society: an international journal devoted to the developing world, Band 4, Heft 2, S. 239-271
ISSN: 0973-0796
This paper attempts a prosopographical study of an important bacteriologist who made sincere efforts to combat cholera and plague in India through vaccination As an ardent follower of the Pasteurian 'revolution', W.M. Haffkine devoted his life to a series of carefully-controlled and parallel experiments on laboratory animals, and per fected new vaccines. But then, how to transfer laboratory results to actual use for human being? This raised questions relating to the ethics and efficacy of controlled field trials, the reliability of animal models, problems of transference, technical innovations, teamwork, etc. The present paper proposes to analyse the ups and downs in Haffkine's research career in India and through it try to capture the dynamics of medical research and preventive medicine in a colonial setting. In addition, this paper takes into account Haffkine as 'a man of action', his social views, his plague work, his complex relations with the British offi cials in India, and his care and concern for ordinary Indians.
In: The Indian economic and social history review: IESHR, Band 34, Heft 3, S. 400-403
ISSN: 0973-0893
Recent decades have seen an unprecedented growth in information and communication technologies (ICTs), ushering in what is commonly referred to as the `Information Age`. This book explores whether modern ICTs can deliver on their promises of democracy and prosperity for the people of developing nations who comprise 80 per cent of the world's population. In order to do this, this volume uses lessons from the Indian experience-a country where information technology (IT) has made giant leaps, but which suffers from what has been described as multiple `digital divides`. The contributors explore fo