Labor Commitment and Social Change in Developing AreasSocial Science Research Council, 1960 - 378 pages This work examines the intended and unanticipated consequences of economic advancement in developing areas and the commitment of industrial labor. Both the short-term acceptance of the attitudes and beliefs appropriate to a modernized economy are discussed. |
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... incomes are very low , the sheer amount of change required to achieve the desired goal rules out the intensifica- tion of current economic institutions . The type of economic change required in these areas calls for the transformation ...
... incomes are very low , the sheer amount of change required to achieve the desired goal rules out the intensifica- tion of current economic institutions . The type of economic change required in these areas calls for the transformation ...
Page 46
... income , ignorance of alternative opportunities , and artificial barriers to occu- pational access . The implication of noncompeting labor markets in the present con- text is that , almost independent of the degree of economic ...
... income , ignorance of alternative opportunities , and artificial barriers to occu- pational access . The implication of noncompeting labor markets in the present con- text is that , almost independent of the degree of economic ...
Page 57
... income " may introduce consid- erations not only of " service , " convenience , " snob appeal , " etc. , but also of stable , particularistic loyalties between buyer and seller . Thus , the model of " rational " consumer behavior is ...
... income " may introduce consid- erations not only of " service , " convenience , " snob appeal , " etc. , but also of stable , particularistic loyalties between buyer and seller . Thus , the model of " rational " consumer behavior is ...
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... income . In other words , an advanced industrial society combines detailed status distinctions within large administrative organizations and other contexts of dif ferential position , with relatively unreliable translations of these in ...
... income . In other words , an advanced industrial society combines detailed status distinctions within large administrative organizations and other contexts of dif ferential position , with relatively unreliable translations of these in ...
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... income and power . ( The interdependence of institutions is thus again illustrated . ) Al- though such issues are probably never completely resolved , they appear to have high salience in those situations of rapid institutional change ...
... income and power . ( The interdependence of institutions is thus again illustrated . ) Al- though such issues are probably never completely resolved , they appear to have high salience in those situations of rapid institutional change ...
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achievement African agricultural analysis associated authority Baganda become behavior capital consumers consumption contractual cultural demand differential East Africa economic development economic growth employers factory forms function goals groups important increase India individual indus industrial employment industrial labor force industrial labor market industrial societies institutions involved Jamshedpur Kampala Kingsley Davis kinship labor commitment labor force labor market labor unrest limited M. N. Srinivas machine managerial ment mobility modern Moore Mossi nationalists newly developing areas Niger nomic nonindustrial norms occupational operation opportunities orientation participation patterns percent political entrepreneurs population position preindustrial prestige problems process of commitment production organization Puerto Rico recruitment relations relatively rewards role rural sector situation skill social system specific status stratification Talcott Parsons technological tend tion town trade unions traditional transition tribal turnover types Uganda underdeveloped areas urban values wage labor workers Yatenga