Science and the Soviet social order.

From: National Forum | Date: September 22, 1990| Author: Graham, Loren | Copyright information

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Science and technology have been among the most important influences on the social behavior and structure of the Soviet Union, changing that nation in ways that observers and scholars have not yet adequately appreciated. Discussions of how Soviet society responds to political and economic changes are commonplace, but analyses of the social implications of science and technology in the Soviet Union are rare. Hence, here I will emphasize the active and distinctive rol...

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