Labor Commitment and Social Change in Developing AreasWilbert Ellis Moore, Arnold S. Feldman Bloomsbury Academic, 1982 M07 2 - 396 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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Page 187
... capital and labor . In most industries developed in India before 1947 , capital and labor cost ratios made for the use of far larger proportions of labor per unit of capital than was true in the West.29 At Jamshedpur men and women ...
... capital and labor . In most industries developed in India before 1947 , capital and labor cost ratios made for the use of far larger proportions of labor per unit of capital than was true in the West.29 At Jamshedpur men and women ...
Page 211
... capital . The distribution of these durables must be financed ; thus scarce capital is attracted into trade . But the resulting installment credit may have even greater im- pact . The very high interest rates on such investments make it ...
... capital . The distribution of these durables must be financed ; thus scarce capital is attracted into trade . But the resulting installment credit may have even greater im- pact . The very high interest rates on such investments make it ...
Page 301
... capital equipment , poorly organized manufacturing processes , and lack of a mass market . To create markets for export and to compete with imported goods , industrial processes must be made more efficient . Only in this way can there ...
... capital equipment , poorly organized manufacturing processes , and lack of a mass market . To create markets for export and to compete with imported goods , industrial processes must be made more efficient . Only in this way can there ...
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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