STUDIES ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN BRAZIL:A CRITICAL BALANCE

Abstract

This study analyzes the output on the question of science and technology in Brazil published in scientific periodicals in the area of the social sciences, attempting to visualize three major approches to the sociology of science and technology in Brazil: the problem of brain drain; the internal conditions of scientific work; and the relation between science, technology and the State. It is seen that in spite of the significant production in the area of science and technology, these do not yet occupy a very certain space in the budget of the Union or in that of Brazilian private enterprises, on the agenda of the Brazilian Congress, or even in intellectual circles.