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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170969003321

Autore

Barnett Tony

Titolo

Sociology and development / / Tony Barnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Hutchinson, , 1988

ISBN

1-134-89799-5

1-134-89800-2

1-138-14140-2

1-280-07669-0

0-203-39317-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 p.)

Disciplina

306.3091724

306/.3/091724

Soggetti

Economic development - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Developing countries Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Feeling the effects of development; Development theory: the light of experience; Urbanisation and urbanism; Industrialisation; Rural development: entering the market; Rural development and social differentiation; State, government and education; Gender and development; Defining and measuring development; Case material; Afterword; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The distribution of the world's material wealth is far from even. And while most of the western world may be accustomed to a commercial culture, there are other cultures (e.g., Amish, Islamic, peasant) that are not commercial or are uncomfortable with commercial definition. Because cultural meaning is not universally defined through the market, ""globalization,"" as it is currently understood, is not necessarily a universal aspiration.