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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... status in his culture . When these new skills are so valued in the culture , however , the move to factory labor may represent upward status mobility . In many newly developing areas the status norms of industrial so- cieties are ...
... status in his culture . When these new skills are so valued in the culture , however , the move to factory labor may represent upward status mobility . In many newly developing areas the status norms of industrial so- cieties are ...
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... status distinctions , the confusion is under- standable . As the economic transformation continues and expands , the confusion may be reduced with or without concomitant commitment to the new status system . The coherence of the ...
... status distinctions , the confusion is under- standable . As the economic transformation continues and expands , the confusion may be reduced with or without concomitant commitment to the new status system . The coherence of the ...
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... status system are likely also to exhibit the strains of intersecting interests . Coalitions based on common status may be- come increasingly fragile and temporary , subject to realignment on par- ticular issues rather than remaining ...
... status system are likely also to exhibit the strains of intersecting interests . Coalitions based on common status may be- come increasingly fragile and temporary , subject to realignment on par- ticular issues rather than remaining ...
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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