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1 online resource (302 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The international library of sociology. the sociology of work and organization ; 16
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International library of sociology. Sociology of work and organization ; 16.
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| Note |
Rep. 1998. |
| Contents |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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Economic development. |
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Technology and civilization.
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Technology and civilization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hetzler, Stanley A. Technological growth and social change. London : Routledge, 1969 0415176921 (OCoLC)658112976 |
| ISBN |
9781136255687 (electronic book) |
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1136255680 (electronic book) |
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0415176921 |
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9780415176927 |
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0710063202 |
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9780710063205 |
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