Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: How an Emerging Area on the Scientific Agenda of the Core Countries Has Been Adopted and Transformed in Latin America
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: How an Emerging Area on the Scientific Agenda of the Core Countries Has Been Adopted and Transformed in Latin America
Invernizzi, Hubert, and Vinck study the development of nanoscience policy in Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina to examine how the scientific priorities of nations outside Latin America shape those in Latin America. Acknowledging the strong policy influence of the United States and Europe, they nonetheless challenge the narrative of policy imitation by showing how the distinctive character of national and international scientific networks in different Latin American countries, and the scientific traditions within each country, shape the specific character of these policies despite their common rhetoric. They thus argue that local factors contribute to the ways in which scientific development is materially organized and scientific policies travel and change.
Keywords: Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, policy, scientific development, scientific networks, technological imitation, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina
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