The Contradictions of Techno-Nationalism and Techno-Globalism: A Historical Perspective
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Techno-nationalism and techno-globalism are descriptive and prescriptive categories for understanding the impact of technology on society and vice versa. They reflect the underlying assumptions made by analysts of the place of technology in the world, and denote ideologies, rather than technological policies or realities. They also help us to realize that standard accounts of the nation and globalization are not as securely based as they appear. Indeed, nations and states are important in ways techno-nationalism does not capture, and the international and global dimension is crucial in ways which that techno-globalism overlooks. Yet an analysis of both terms yields building blocks to a more sophisticated appreciation of the linkages between the nation, technological innovation and globalization.
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Traditional techno-nationalists hold that national R&D efforts are key drivers of a nation's overall growth, sustainability, and prosperity.
“Traditional techno-nationalists believe that the presence and effectiveness of national R&D efforts are key drivers to the overall growth, sustainability, and prosperity of a nation”
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“are key drivers to the overall growth, sustainability, and prosperity of a nation (Edgerton, 2007).”
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- Authors
- Edgerton, D. E. H.
- Affiliations
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Edgerton, David E.H.
- ORCID
- Edgerton, David E.H.
- Venue
- New Global Studies
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2007-10-31
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1940-0004 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2020110885
- Cited by
- 94
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 4.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- New Global Studies (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Lehigh University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Globalization and political ideologies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economic Development and Digital Transformation
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Global History, Politics, and Ideology
- Keywords
- techno-nationalism, technology and society, nation-state, globalization, technological innovation, ideology, history of technology, international relations
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