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Title

Introduction to the sociology of development / Andrew Webster.

Author

Webster, Andrew

Publication

Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1990.

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Details

Description

xiii, 224 p. : ill., 2 maps; 22 cm.

Subject

• Economic development > Social aspects
• Sociology
• Internationality
• Developing Countries
• Economic development - Sociological perspectives

Note

• Previous ed.: 1984.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 209-219.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 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.
• 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.

ISBN

• 033349508X (pbk)
• 0333495071 (cased)

LCCN

gb^90000939^

OCLC

• 20419692
• SCSB-11936670

Owning Institutions

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