Autore	Charusheela S. <1964-, >
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (269 p.)
Disciplina	332.4/142
Collana	New political economy
Soggetto topico	Economic development
ISBN	1-135-40983-8 0-415-65204-9 0-203-95557-9 1-135-40976-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction -- Ontology and economic analysis -- Structuralism and individualism in development economics -- The balance of payments and the exchange rate -- The contractionary devaluation debate revisited -- Ontologies of deviance.
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (191 p.)
Disciplina	338.9/27
Altri autori (Persone)	FruhmannJohannes OmannInes RauschmayerFelix <1967->
Collana	Routledge studies in ecological economics
Soggetto topico	Sustainable development Economic development
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-415-51681-1 9786613832634 1-136-88677-X 1-283-52018-4 0-203-83974-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover; Sustainable Development; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Foreword and acknowledgements; Executive summary: Felix Rauschmayer, Ines Omann and Johannes Frühmann; Preface: the death and rebirth of economics: Manfred Max-Neef; 1. Needs, capabilities and quality of life: refocusing sustainable development: Felix Rauschmayer, Ines Omann and Johannes Frühmann; 2. The overshadowing of needs: John O'Neill; 3. Sustainability as a challenge to the capability approach: Ortrud Leßmann 4. From individual well-being to sustainable development: A path where psychologists and economists meet: Sophie Spillemaeckers, Luc Van Ootegem and Gerben J. Westerhof5. The life-chances concept: A sociological perspective in equity and sustainable development: Paul-Marie Boulanger ; 6. Human needs frameworks and their contribution as analytical instruments in sustainable development policymaking: Ivonne Cruz 7. A plea for the self-aware sustainability researcher: learning from business transformation processes for transitions to sustainable development: Felix Rauschmayer, Tell Muenzing and Johannes Frühmann 8. Transition towards sustainable development: Which tensions emerge? How do we deal with them?: Ines Omann and Felix Rauschmayer ; Index
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Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (191 p.)
Disciplina	338.9/27
Altri autori (Persone)	FruhmannJohannes OmannInes RauschmayerFelix <1967->
Collana	Routledge studies in ecological economics
Soggetto topico	Sustainable development Economic development
ISBN	0-415-51681-1 9786613832634 1-136-88677-X 1-283-52018-4 0-203-83974-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover; Sustainable Development; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Foreword and acknowledgements; Executive summary: Felix Rauschmayer, Ines Omann and Johannes Frühmann; Preface: the death and rebirth of economics: Manfred Max-Neef; 1. Needs, capabilities and quality of life: refocusing sustainable development: Felix Rauschmayer, Ines Omann and Johannes Frühmann; 2. The overshadowing of needs: John O'Neill; 3. Sustainability as a challenge to the capability approach: Ortrud Leßmann 4. From individual well-being to sustainable development: A path where psychologists and economists meet: Sophie Spillemaeckers, Luc Van Ootegem and Gerben J. Westerhof5. The life-chances concept: A sociological perspective in equity and sustainable development: Paul-Marie Boulanger ; 6. Human needs frameworks and their contribution as analytical instruments in sustainable development policymaking: Ivonne Cruz 7. A plea for the self-aware sustainability researcher: learning from business transformation processes for transitions to sustainable development: Felix Rauschmayer, Tell Muenzing and Johannes Frühmann 8. Transition towards sustainable development: Which tensions emerge? How do we deal with them?: Ines Omann and Felix Rauschmayer ; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910813813203321

Autore	Hetzler Stanley A
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, : Routledge, 2000
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (307 p.)
Collana	International library of sociology. Sociology of work and organization
Soggetto topico	Technology and civilization Economic development
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-315-00747-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH AND SOCIAL CHANGE; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; PART ONE PROCESS AND SYMPTOM; 1. Introduction; 2. The Dilemma of the Technologically Advanced Society; THE RANGE OF THE PROBLEM; Uneven Internal Development; Individual Isolation; Employment; Growing Military Control; The Family; Uncontrolled Urban Growth; Class and Race Relations; Education; Statecraft; THE FOLKLORE OF THE MATERIALLY ADVANCED SOCIETY; Economic Folklore; Commercial Folklore; Externally Directed Folklore; 3. The Dilemma of the Transitional Society; THE UNORGANIZED SOCIAL BASE FOOD PRODUCTION INDUSTRIALIZATION; COMMERCE; EDUCATION; UNCONTROLLED POPULATION GROWTH; CONCLUSIONS; PART TWO OLD CONCEPTS; 4. Economic Hypotheses on Development; CONVENTIONAL ECONOMIC VIEWPOINTS; FREE ENTERPRISE APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT; Capital Formation; Limitations of Capital Formation Hypotheses; The Search for Entrepreneurship; Recent Empirical Trials; THE CENTRALLY CONTROLLED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT; LATER SCHOOLS OF ECONOMICS; CONCLUSIONS; 5. Other Social Science Hypotheses on Development; SOCIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES; The General Sociological Viewpoint; Development Concepts; Hypotheses Practical Approaches SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES; Mass Transformation of Personality; ANTHROPOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES; Orientation; POLITICAL HYPOTHESES; CONCLUSIONS; PART THREE NEW PERSPECTIVES; 6. Historical Trends in Production; PHASE I: BASIC PRODUCTION; General Agriculture - Its Growth Potential; Impediments to the Development of General Agriculture; Textile Production; Construction; PHASE II: FACTORY PRODUCTION; PHASE III: ELABORATIVE PRODUCTION; PHASE IV: FULL AUTOMATION; 7. Socio-technics: A New Set of Hypotheses for Development; SPECIFIC STAGES OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESSION IDENTIFYING THE 'CHANGE-AGENT' TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND MACHINES; ROLE-PLAYING INTERACTION BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE; SUMMARY; 8. Practical Approaches in Development Planning; GENERAL PRINCIPLES - TABOOS AND IMPERATIVES; Taboos; Imperatives; ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION; Domestic Maintenance Programming; BASIS OF PROGRAMMING FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; Resources Evaluation; Planning Mechanization for the Traditional Type of Society; Planning Mechanization for the Transitional Type of Society; Indoctrination and Skills Development; ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES; Ecumenical Aid Western Bloc Aid Communist Bloc Aid; Evaluation of Aid; PART FOUR ON THE HORIZON; 9. Socio-technics and Production Control; DEFINING EFFICIENCY; An Economic Model of Efficiency; A Technological Model of Efficiency; SOCIETAL VIEWPOINTS; COMPETITION AND PRODUCTIVITY; OWNERSHIP AND PRODUCTIVITY; General Characteristics; Managerial Ownership; Ownership by Proxy; MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY; Administrative Management; Engineering Management; EXCHANGE MEDIA AND PRODUCTIVITY; Money and the Market; Credit; MEASURING THE TREND TOWARD AUTOMATION; 10. Socio-technics and Commodity Management; DISTRIBUTION Inequalities in Distribution
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910449989403321