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Towards a Re-Definition of Development : Essays and Discussion on the Nature of Development in an International Perspective.
Towards a Re-Definition of Development.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Pergamon Press,
1977.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.