Technology Gatekeepers for War and Peace

MIWAO MATSUMOTO is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology, University of Tokyo. His books include The Failure of the Science-Technology-Society Interface. He is currently exploring theoretical frameworks to analyse the path-dependent dynamics of the social decision-making process with particular reference to the diffusion of wind turbines and human genome research.

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Problems and Approaches The Technology Gatekeepers: The Role of the Navy and Mitsubishi in the Ship Revolution The Emergence of the Japanese Military-Industrial-University Complex: Technology Gatekeepers Combine 'Spin-on' and Latecomers' Advantages Reconsidered: British Development and Japanese Transfer in Social Context 'Spin-off' in the Nationalization of R & D: The Recasting of the British System in an Industrializing Japan Conclusion: Beyond Success or Failure Appendix Notes and References Bibliography Index

"This is an important contribution by an equally important scholar... Matsumoto's work clearly situates Japan's turn-of-the-century experiences in shipbuilding and in scientific and technological development within the larger literature of science, technology, and society." - David G. Wittner, Utica College