ABSTRACT
From its very beginnings Western scholarly writing on Soviet science has been largely contextual in orientation, with particular attention given to the institutional and political setting of science in Russian and Soviet history. This book moves that tradition in a new direction by focusing more closely on the social conditions of the research proc
Also of Interest -- Preface -- Reflections on Western Studies of Soviet Science -- Why Doesn't Soviet Science Do Better Than It Does? -- The Organizational Environment of Soviet Applied Research -- Scientific Collectives: Behavior of Soviet Scientists in Basic Research -- The Technical Specialists: Social Composition and Attitudes -- Science, Ideology, and Structure: The Kol'tsov Institute, 1900-1970 -- Reasons for Studying Soviet Science: The Example of Genetic Engineering
