The Economies of Small
Appropriate technology in a changing world
The Economies of Small describes the origins and development of the appropriate technology movement, and analyses both its changing concerns at the different stages of development, and also its abiding emphasis on scale and human values.
Published: 1990
Pages: 244
eBook: 9781780440729
Hardback: 9781853390722
Paperback: 9781853390715
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| Acknowledgements | |||
| Abbreviations | |||
| Currency Conversion Rates | |||
| 1 Origins and Nature of the AT Movement | |||
| 2 Definitions and Measurement | |||
| 3 The Political Economy of Diffusion: The Bread Industry in Kenya | |||
| 4 The Institutional Framework of AT Development and Diffusion: Brick Manufacture in Three African Countries | |||
| 5 Developing an Appropriate Policy Environment: Small-Scale Sugar Production | |||
| 6 The Economics of Small: AT in the Industrially Advanced Countries | |||
| 7 AT, States and Markets | |||
| 8 The AT-Enabling State | |||
| Notes | |||
| Bibliography |
Raphael Kaplinsky
Raphael Kaplinsky is the author of numerous books on technology, industrialization, and globalization. These include studies on globalization, industrial policy, industrial organization, global value chains, the international automobile sector, computer-integrated automation, computer aided design, the impact of microelectronics on employment, and on appropriate technology.
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