1st Edition

An Introduction to the Sociology of Rural Development

By Norman Long Copyright 1977
234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

Social change that occurs with rural development in the developing world is as important as economic change. But all too often economic aspects of development have been stressed without due regard to the sociological dimension. In this book, originally published in 1977, Norman Long uses empirical studies by sociologists and social anthropologists as a focus for his discussions of general... Read more

1.Introduction 2. The Modernization Approach 3. Social and Cultural Obstacles and Prerequisites to Development 4. Structural Dependency and the Analysis of Modes of Production 5. Differential Responses to Change: The Analysis of Entrepreneurship 6. Sociological Problems of Planned Social Change 7. Conclusions.

Biography

Norman Long

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