1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463500503321

Autore

Preston P. W.

Titolo

New trends in development theory : essays in development and social theory / / P. W. Preston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

©1985

ISBN

1-136-85587-4

0-203-83535-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Development ; ; Volume 108

Disciplina

338.9/001

Soggetti

Economic development

Sociology - Methodology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Some notes on the significance of the career of development studies; 2. The specificity of social-theoretic engagement: some lessons for ''neo-marxian'' studies of development; 3. Becoming industrialized, being industrial: a brief analysis of a particular planning mode of engagement; 4. The impact of the ''received model'' of natural science upon social theorizing; 5. Comparative ranking: some approaches to the task of rationally adjudicating between competing ideologies

6. The ethico-political notion of development: a memorandum on commitments7. The common sense of development studies: elements of reconsideration; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>The theme of this work, first published in 1985, is the exchange between issues of development and problems of social theory. They provide preliminary analysis of the multiplicity of social-theoretic arguments in development theory and their implications for social theory in general. </P><P></P><P>The book will be of interest to all those interested in the contemporary 'restructuring' of social theory and to theorists of development who are rethinking their concerns in a



period of pessimism and doubt.</P>

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697986703321

Titolo

Whole house fan [[electronic resource] ] : how to install and use a whole house fan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Dept. of Energy, , [1999]

Descrizione fisica

4 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Technology fact sheet

Soggetti

Fans (Machinery)

Dwellings - Heating and ventilation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 5, 2009).

"March 1999."

"DOE/GO-10099-745."