The State and Science: The Politics of High Technology Industrial Policy at the State Level

这是一项对美国六个州科技政策的研究，这些州在工业化水平和科技基础规模上存在差异。调查人员将对新泽西州、北卡罗来纳州、俄克拉何马州、华盛顿州、加利福尼亚州和罗德岛州的政策进行面谈和收集文件，以进行案例研究分析。假设确定了可能有利于科学和技术政策发展的几个因素：易感的结构条件、经济转型和压力、州的政治能力、商业领袖、公众的参与和州长的主动性。可能阻碍科技政策发展的因素有：个人主义或传统政治文化、传统企业、工会、少数民族和社区团体、农业和农村利益、大众元素、州立法者和州经济发展机构。这项研究将为科学、技术和经济发展领域的决策者提供许多有价值的见解。它还将有助于我们理解美国内部的地区差异，以及社会中心机构在决定国家应对快速变化的科学技术带来的挑战和机遇方面所发挥的作用。

This is a study of the science and technology policies of six American states that differ in the level of their industrialization and the size of their science and technology base. The investigators will conduct interviews and collect documents for case study analysis of both antecedents and effects of policies in New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Washington, California, and Rhode Island. Hypotheses identify several factors that may favor development of science and technology policy: predisposing structural conditions, economic transformation and stress, state political capacity, business leaders, involvement of the mass public, and state governor initiative. Factors that may oppose development of science and technology policy are: individualistic or traditional political culture, traditional businesses, labor unions, minority and community groups, agricultural and rural interests, elements of the mass public, state legislators, and state economic development agencies. This study will provide many insights of value for policy makers in the areas of science, technology and economic development. It will also contribute to our understanding of regional differences within the United States, and to the role that central institutions of society play in determining state's responses to the challenges and opportunities created by rapidly- changing science and technology.