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Technological growth and social change /
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
1969.
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| Colección: | International library of sociology. Sociology of work and organization ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 PRODUCTIONINDUSTRIALIZATION; 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 DEVFLOPMENT; LATER SCHOOLS OF ECONOMICS; CONCLUSIONS; 5. Other Social Science Hypotheses on Development; SOCIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES; The General Sociological Viewpoint; Development Concepts; Hypotheses.
- Practical ApproachesSOCIO-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 AidCommunist 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.