ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates the use of Developed Country (DC) technology and current patterns of technology transfer which maintain dependency at various levels. It describes an approach to technology and society based on the concept of a dynamic socio-technical system. The demand for the massive transfer of DC know-how and technology to Under Developed Country (UDC) is based on the belief that the establishment of current DC industrial structures in UDC will end underdevelopment and dependency. The problems relating to the compatibility of DC technologies and UDC structures and values are indicated by the many failures of technology transfers. Such failures are observable in the case of transfers from state-socialist countries, including China, to the Third World. The chapter provides a general argument about the social dimensions imbedded in technology transfers from the developed to the underdeveloped countries. Finally, it is essential that all attempts be made to develop social technologies which are supportive of selfreliant, cooperative and democratic behavior.
