Labor Commitment and Social Change in Developing AreasThis 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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With the exception of the short period after 1896 when an epidemic of bubonic plague drove a substantial portion of the population out of the city , the Bombay mill industry has never suffered from any limitation on its expansion ...
With the exception of the short period after 1896 when an epidemic of bubonic plague drove a substantial portion of the population out of the city , the Bombay mill industry has never suffered from any limitation on its expansion ...
Page 177
In these circumstances steady and large movements of an essentially agricultural population could not have occurred . Nevertheless , where new opportunities of any magnitude were revealed , there were substantial movements of population ...
In these circumstances steady and large movements of an essentially agricultural population could not have occurred . Nevertheless , where new opportunities of any magnitude were revealed , there were substantial movements of population ...
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Characteristic of almost all developing areas is a " population explosion , " which has been in the making for several generations . Overpopulation is not yet a problem in Latin America and some areas of the Middle East and Africa ...
Characteristic of almost all developing areas is a " population explosion , " which has been in the making for several generations . Overpopulation is not yet a problem in Latin America and some areas of the Middle East and Africa ...
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acceptance achievement activities African agricultural analysis appear aspects associated authority basis become behavior capital Chapter commitment concerned consequence continue countries cultural demand depends developing areas economic development effective employment entrepreneurs example exist expected factory forms function goals greater groups growth important income increase India individual industrial institutions interest involved kind kinship labor force labor market land least less limited machine major means ment mobility newly norms occupational operation opportunities organization participation particular patterns percent performance plant political population position possible present Press problems production reason recruitment relations relatively response result rewards role rural sense significant situation skill social societies specific status structure tend tion town trade traditional transition types unions units University urban values wage workers
Bibliographic information
| Title | Labor Commitment and Social Change in Developing Areas |
| Editors | Wilbert Ellis Moore, Arnold S. Feldman |
| Contributor | Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Economic Growth |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic, 1982 |
| ISBN | 0313235724, 9780313235726 |
| Length | 396 pages |
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