Engineering and development: interrogating concepts and practices

Peter T. Robbins and Ben Crow
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Peter T. Robbins: Innogen Centre, Development Policy and Practice, Faculty of Technology, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, Postal: Innogen Centre, Development Policy and Practice, Faculty of Technology, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Ben Crow: Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA, Postal: Department of Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

Journal of International Development, 2007, vol. 19, issue 1, 75-82

Abstract: Many problems faced by the South are rooted as much in longstanding social, economic and environmental difficulties as in the dearth of appropriate engineering solutions. Constraints range from the institutional, to the cultural, to the technological and spatial. Engineers engage with these hurdles in different ways. The contributors to this policy arena map out different ways institutions and engineers connect with the challenges, whether informally, or out of necessity, or through the iterative unfolding of society and technology. In so doing, they add to discussions about how policy can support best practice in engineering. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.1349

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