A política científica e tecnológica brasileira: três enfoques teóricos, três projetos políticos

The analytical and conceptual matrix that marked scientific and technological policies after World War II is associated with a linear perspective on the relations between science, technology and development. This view is still popular among policy makers. There are, however, three approaches that criticize this particular view: the Evolutionary approach, the Latin American Thought in Science, Technology and Society (PLACTS), and what we call the Alternative View. In this paper, we argue that Latin American science and technology policy can be better understood by modelling these three distinct approaches, and that it is possible to make an association between them and some specific interests, which are linked to different political projects.