Doctoral Dissertation Research: Daniel J. Plafcan: Between State and Transnational Community: Building a U.S.-Japan Technological Alliance, 1976-1999

由于成本、规模、功能和外交政策的原因，日本和美国政府在国防和太空等以前被认为主要是国家技术项目上越来越依赖对方作为合作伙伴。通过对美日在环境遥感卫星和战斗机方面的合作进行比较研究，本论文的研究项目分析了建立技术系统的实践和过程如何构成政府间关系，这些关系通常被归入“联盟”的标签。以前的英语或日语学术研究都没有以实证的方式解决这个问题。该项目采用跨学科的理论方法，从科学和技术研究、技术管理和国际关系理论等领域汲取经验。争论的焦点是，理解协作项目中的技术实践对于解释、解释和说明技术的政治角色至关重要。科学家、工程师和项目经理创造了跨国技术实践和技术，将知识和政治结合起来，建立了一个异质和多方面的联盟。在国家和跨国社会之间，美日同盟是用技术建立起来的。

For reasons of cost, scale, function, and foreign policy, the governments of Japan and the United States are increasingly relying on each other as partners in what were previously considered to be primarily national technological projects such as defense and space. Through a comparative study of U.S.-Japan collaboration in environmental remote-sensing satellites and fighter aircraft, this dissertation research project analyzes how the practices and processes of building technological systems constitute intergovernmental relations that are often subsumed under the label of "alliance." No previous academic study in English or Japanese has addressed this question in an empirical fashion. The project uses an interdisciplinary theoretical approach drawing from the fields of science and technology studies, technology management, and international relations theory. The contention is that an understanding of technological practices in collaborative projects is essential for interpretations, explanations, and prescriptions about the political role of technology. Scientists, engineers, and program managers create transnational technological practices and technologies that bring together knowledge and politics to build a heterogeneous and multifaceted alliance. Between state and transnational community, a U.S.-Japan alliance is built with technology.