1.

Record Nr.

UNICASUTO1199679

Titolo

2 / Claudio Sanchez-Albornoz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Buenos Aires, : Editorial Sudamerica, 1956

Descrizione fisica

767 p., 101-188 p. di tav. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Spagnolo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807749903321

Autore

Birou Alain

Titolo

Towards a re-definition of development : essays and discussions on the nature of development in an international perspective / / Alain Birou and Paul-Marc Henry ; edited by John P. Schlegel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : published in cooperation with the East-West Center, Hawaii Pergamon Press, , 1977

©1977

ISBN

1-4831-8786-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Disciplina

309.1/172/4

Soggetti

Economic development

Social change

Developing countries Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Towards a Re-Definition of Development; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION; INTRODUCTION; PART 1: IS DEVELOPMENT A MISNOMER?; INTRODUCTION; CONTRIBUTORS' PERSPECTIVES; SECTION ONE: CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT; 1. THE IRREVERSIBILITY OF TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION; 2. THE ESSENTIAL DRIVING FORCE



BEHIND DEVELOPMENT: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 3. SOCIETY AS A SYSTEMS THEORY; 4. VULNERABILITY OF THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; 5. THE CONTROL OF EVOLUTION AND THE MEANING OF PROGRESS; 6. THE IMPERIALISM OF WESTERN RATIONALITY

CONCLUSION: DIAGNOSIS OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIESSECTION TWO: THE CONDITIONS FOR ANOTHER KIND OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT; 7. THE ROLE OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UNITS IN WORLD DEVELOPMENT; 8. CONDITIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 9. HOW CAN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FIND THEIR WAY?; 10. THE REALIZATION OF THE NECESSARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANET EARTH; 11. THE BASES OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLES; 12. PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE; FINAL WORDS; CONCLUSIONS TO PART ONE; PART 2: DEVELOPMENT IN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ; INTRODUCTION

MAKING THE EARTH A FIT PLACE TO LIVE IN: A CONCLUSIONPOSTSCRIPT: THE CHALLENGE OF THE MEGAMACHINE: FATALITY OR FREEDOM?; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Towards a Re-Definition of Development