1st Edition
Governance, Growth and Global Leadership The Role of the State in Technological Progress, 1750–2000
By Espen Moe
Copyright 2007
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book focuses on the role of the state in promoting a country's long-term technological progress and industrial leadership. Throughout history, a nation's rise to dominance has invariably been followed by its fall; the dominant powers of today are not the same ones that controlled the world three hundred years ago. In the same manner, economic dominance has usually been fleeting, as leading... Read more
Contents: General editor's preface; Introduction; The cotton textile industry; The iron industry; The chemical industry; The automobile industry; Information and communication technologies; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Espen Moe is a political scientist and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Program for Industrial Ecology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway.
’Governance, Growth and Global Leadership tells a compelling story of technological progress since 1750. Economic historians, particularly those with a strong interest in economic growth and development, will enjoy it.’ EH.NET
