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Science-based Industrialization in a Developiṅg Country: The Case of the Indian Scientific Instruments Industry 1947–1968

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Norman Clark  and
Ashok Parthasarathi
Norman Clark
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
Ashok Parthasarathi
Affiliation:
Electronics Commission, Government of India, New Delhi
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This paper represents an attempt to throw more light on the problems faced by developing countries in their efforts to industrialize, through an examination of the recent economic history of a particular case, the scientific instruments industry in India. Since many of these problems are connected with technological matters, particular attention is paid to the relations between ‘science’ and ‘production’, broadly defined, and to how these relations affect prospects for industrial development under present-day conditions. The paper's other focus is the role of'planning’ in the industry's development, and the gap between what the planners envisaged and what happened in actual practice.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 1982 , pp. 657 - 682
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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