The Argentine science and technology status

CHARALAMBOUS, C.; LUPARELLO, H.; RODRIGUEZ, F.; STASYSZYN, F.; CHALELA, M.; GUROVICH, S.; MAST, D.; SIEYRA, V.; GONZALEZ, E.; MALDONADO, V.; SCHNEITER, M.; VENA VALDARENAS, R.

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Conferencia; FoF Meeting 2017; 2017

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Argentinian history is characterized by a series of very complicated periods followed by rearrangements where the political and social actors have not enough time to reach a long-term balance. This unsteady scenario has reverberated onto the science and technology policy of the country. Persecution because of the ideas, periods of emigration because of economic crisis and discouragement of scarce investment in research have not prevented the science policy debate from reappearing as a recurrent theme. A negative feature of Argentine political culture is the lack of disposition for constructive dialogue, which is why the scene of public debate is frequently populated with interlocutors who are more interested in delegitimizing each other than in achieving lasting basic agreements.