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The sociology of modernization and development / David Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, David, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development--Sociological aspects.
- Economic development.
- Developing countries--Economic conditions.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Sociology of modernization & development
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Boston : Unwin Hyman, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""David Harrison writes very well, and presents a good, well-balanced and perceptive appraisal of current perspectives.""--""Times Higher Education Supplement"" <br>This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.<br>Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Early Modernization Theory ; Introduction; Modernization Theory ; Early Empirical Studies ; Smelser and Rostow ; Summary; 2 Neo-Evolutionism and Modernization Theory ; Parsons and Neo-Evolutionism ; Variants of Modernization Theory ; Summary; 3 Underdevelopment Theory; Introduction; The Classical Marxists; Lenin and Imperialism; Theories of Underdevelopment; Baran and Underdevelopment; Dependency Theory and ECLA; Frank's Critique of 'The Sociology of Development'; Frank and the World System
- World Systems Theory: Variations on a ThemeSummary; 4 Critiques of the World Systems Perspective; Introduction; Marxist Criticisms; Non-Marxist Criticisms; Developments in Underdevelopment Theory ; Modes of Production and Their Articulation ; An Illustrative Note on Class and State in Africa; Summary; 5 Conclusions ; Modernization Theory and Underdevelopment Theory: A Summary; Modernization and Development; Sociology, Modernization and Development; The Problem of Paradigms; The Commensurability of Perspectives; Continuing Themes in the Sociology of Modernization and Development; Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Cover title: The sociology of modernization & development.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-89806-1
- 1-138-16977-3
- 1-280-05495-6
- 1-134-89807-X
- 0-203-35958-5
- 9780203359587
- OCLC:
- 808016654
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