| Description |
xiii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
5. Population, urbanisation and education -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Population -- 5.3. Urbanisation -- 5.4. Education and industrialisation -- 5.5. Conclusion -- 6. Political development and social class -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Third World politics : the analysis of instability -- 6.3. Military intervention in the Third World -- 6.4. Conclusion -- 7. Development planning and aid -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The failure of development aid -- 7.3. Rural development programmes -- 7.4. Conclusion -- 8. Critique of industrialisation -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. The populist challenge to industrialisation -- 8.3. The ecological critique of industrialisation -- 8.4. Alternative technology -- 8.5. Conclusion -- 9. Conclusion -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Development models and policies -- 9.3. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject index |
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List of maps -- List of illustrations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The sociology of development -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Aims of the text -- 1.3. Key sociological questions -- 2. Measures of inequality and development -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2 The concept of poverty-- 2.3. The Third World and its poverty -- 2.4. The basic needs strategy -- 2.5. The perception of development from below -- 3. Modernisation theory -- 3.1. introduction -- 3.2. The theoretical origins of modernisation theory -- 3.3. Modernisation theory -- 3.4. Summary of modernisation theory and its implications -- 3.5. The critique of modernisation theory -- 3.6. Conclusion -- 4. Theories of underdevelopment -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Marx's theory of capitalism and class conflict - 4.3. The exploitation of the Third World : an account of merchant capitalism, colonialism and neo-colonialism -- 4.4. Explanations for underdevelopment -- 4.5. Conclusion -- |
| Analysis |
Economic development - Sociological perspectives |
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Economic development. - Sociological perspectives |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 209-219 |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Social aspects.
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Economic development -- Sociological aspects.
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| LC no. |
34009508 |
| ISBN |
0333495071 |
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033349508X (paperback) |
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