Casebook of Social Change in Developing Areas (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Niehoff, Arthur H.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Most early approaches to encouraging social development focused on economic and technical issues. This volume begins from the premise that economic and technical patterns are embedded in cultural patterns. These patterns of custom and belief are sometimes elaborate, and they can act as barriers to technical or economic change. This volume presents case studies of social change, developing a model for analysis and action. An analytic guide is presented for each case history, and the editor points out factors that influenced the outcome of the project. The volume ais designed for people in the field, and is intended to be of practical usefulness.

From hundreds of case histories, Arthur H. Niehoff selected nineteen that most clearly exemplify the technique of the innovator, the motivations of potential recipients and the reactions of these recipients due to local cultural patterns and values. These case histories of efforts at innovation in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia illustrate the specific problems facing American change agents abroad and define the basic ingredients of socio-economic change. Covering the types of problems innovators most frequently encounter in developing nations, Niehoff's compendium of successful and unsuccessful attempts at change demonstrates concretely the theoretical principles set forth.

Prospective change agents gain fruitful insights into many problems by studying the practical examples of the programs of change agents in a wide variety of situations. Each of the case-histories is analyzed in the context of a socio-cultural concept of change, emphasizing the principles and factors of change. This book presents essential guidelines for perceiving and dealing with the cultural aspects of a change situation for all students of applied anthropology and social change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351529969
• Artikelnr.: 48867674

Autorenporträt

Arthur H. Niehoff

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: The Process of Innovation
3: Land Reform and Community Development in Bolivia
4: Community Development in Highland Peru
5: Community Development in Brazil
6: Rural Self-Help in Costa Rica
7: The Prevention of Sleeping Sickness in Nigeria
8: Resettlement to New Lands in Nigeria
9: Venereal Disease Eradication in Northern Rhodesia
10: Urban Community Development in South Africa
11: Range Management in the Somali Republic
12: Developing a Village Co-operative in Israel
13: Rural Development in East Pakistan
14: Community Development in India
15: Health Education in Village India
16: Factionalism in Village India
17: Buddhism and Development in Laos
18: Community Development in Hong Kong
19: Family Planning in Taiwan
20: Village Improvement in the Philippines
21: A Literacy Campaign in Sarawak