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>MICROELECTRONICS, AUTOMATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOLS IN BRAZIL (TECHNOLOGY, LABOUR, ACCUMULATION).
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MICROELECTRONICS, AUTOMATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOLS IN BRAZIL (TECHNOLOGY, LABOUR, ACCUMULATION).
This dissertation deals with the socio-economic implications of recent technological changes in the Brazilian economy. Such changes stem from the increasingly frequent and widespread application of microelectronic principles--in controls and in working mechanisms--into the local industrial apparatus. The thesis deals in particular with the diffusion of numerically controlled machine tools (NCMTs). In order to discover the nature of this diffusion process, the thesis begins by taking an historical-theoretical approach in order to relate the dynamics of technological development to the process of capital accumulation. The dissertation then explores the role that this type of equipment can possibly play in expanding the limits of manufacturing automation, and the resulting implications for the social relations of production. A general overview of the current levels of diffusion in several countries is presented and the diffusion of NCMTs in Brazil is studied in detail. The use, production and capacity to design such types of equipment are seen as qualitatively different stages of the diffusion process.;Finally, this dissertation examines some of the implications that this process of technological change may have for the Brazilian economy and society in light of current conditions. A perception of the role of individuals and social agents, including that of government policy, and the resulting implications for the international division of labor are examined in this context.;The thesis also analyzes the corresponding effect upon labor and the organization of production. Modifications in the labor market, as well as in the labor process, are dealt with, i.e., effects upon the volume of employment, the changing nature of the production process, the question of skills, etc.
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