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Perspectives in Developmental Change [electronic resource] / [by] Art Gallaher Jr. [and others]; Art Gallaher Jr., editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development.
- Social change.
- Social policy.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : University of Kentucky Press, 1968.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this volume a number of distinguished social scientists representing the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, psychology, economics, and political science, explore essential problems of developmental change against the theoretical background and empirical data of their own and related disciplines.Developmental change is here viewed under a broad perspective. The considerations range from the problems that arise when human beings are confronted by change, to investment planning and decision-making in a specific case against a background of general poverty and a high birthrate, to the prob
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Developmental Change and the Social Sciences: Introduction; Developmental Change and the Nature of Man; Psychological Aspects of Planned Developmental Change; Education and Developmental Change; Population Growth and Economic Development; Political Aspects of Developmental Change; Developmental Change and Cultural Integration; Developmental Change in Urban Industrial Societies; Developmental Change and the Social Sciences: Conclusion; The Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Selected papers resulting from seminars and lecture series held from 1963 to 1965 at the University of Kentucky.
- "A publication of the Center for Developmental Change, University of Kentucky."
- Includes bibliographies.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-8337-5
- 0-8131-6287-4
- OCLC:
- 577411160
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