The Sociology and Politics of Development
Title | The Sociology and Politics of Development PDF eBook |
Author | Baidya Nath Varma |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 238 |
Release | 2010-11-26 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 113685567X |
Originally published in 1980, this work answers the crucial question of how social change should be guided in the developing countries. Professor Varma begins by posing the problems of the general scope of modernization and the general criteria used in the modernization process. He examines carefully some of the models that have been used for this purpose in the past, providing extensive summaries of the views on modernization of theorists in various social science disciplines, including sociology, politics, economics, and anthropology, and stresses the importance of these views in guiding policy decisions. The book concludes with a comparison of the development processes of the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Japan and India.
The sociology and politics of development
Title | The sociology and politics of development PDF eBook |
Author | Baidya Nath Varma |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | |
Release | 1980 |
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ISBN |
The Sociology and Politics of Development
Title | The Sociology and Politics of Development PDF eBook |
Author | Baidya Nath Varma |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 253 |
Release | 2010-11-26 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1136855661 |
Originally published in 1980, this work answers the crucial question of how social change should be guided in the developing countries. Professor Varma begins by posing the problems of the general scope of modernization and the general criteria used in the modernization process. He examines carefully some of the models that have been used for this purpose in the past, providing extensive summaries of the views on modernization of theorists in various social science disciplines, including sociology, politics, economics, and anthropology, and stresses the importance of these views in guiding policy decisions. The book concludes with a comparison of the development processes of the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Japan and India.
International Development and the Social Sciences
Title | International Development and the Social Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Cooper |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 380 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780520209572 |
"This superb collection assembles a number of stimulating and theoretically current contributions by outstanding scholars."—Angelique Haugerud, author of The Culture of Politics in Modern Kenya
Development, Politics, and Social Theory
Title | Development, Politics, and Social Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Iqbal Narain |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 384 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Economic development |
ISBN |
Politics and Development
Title | Politics and Development PDF eBook |
Author | Olle Törnquist |
Publisher | SAGE |
Total Pages | 212 |
Release | 1999-02-23 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780761959342 |
This major textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main analytical approaches and their use in the study of third world politics and development. The author outlines the difficulties in the various analytical approaches to the study of development within political science; presents a critical overview of each of the main schools of thought and explores the contemporary issue of democratization to illustrate how students can apply a framework for research and critically develop a perspective on their own.
Introduction to the Sociology of Development
Title | Introduction to the Sociology of Development PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Webster |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 237 |
Release | 1990-03-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1349205842 |
This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the latest debates in the sociology of development, linking theoretical and empirical issues of social change primarily though not exclusively through reference to the Third World. This book covers general conceptions of modernisation and underdevelopment and points to new attempts at their synthesis as well as exploring the policy implications of different development models.