Technology, economic development, and the division of labour by sex / Pamela M. D'Onofrio-Flores -- Women and technology in the industrialized countries / Maria Bergom-Larsson -- Women and technology in peripheral countries: an overview / Zenebeworke Tadesse -- The impact of science and...

Societies under similar geographic and economic conditions and subject to similar external influences nonetheless develop very different types of states. At one extreme are weak states with little capacity and ability to regulate economic or social relations. At the other are despotic states...