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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... tion represents a trend so strong that it is sweeping out of the way many differences in attitudes and beliefs . It proceeds apace despite political difficulties and international tensions , some of which are in- deed a direct product ...
... tion represents a trend so strong that it is sweeping out of the way many differences in attitudes and beliefs . It proceeds apace despite political difficulties and international tensions , some of which are in- deed a direct product ...
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... tion of the major revisions of papers for the present volume , the central problem and its ramifications have been kept in sharp focus . The per- spectives of authors differ , as they should , but the field of vision has been the same ...
... tion of the major revisions of papers for the present volume , the central problem and its ramifications have been kept in sharp focus . The per- spectives of authors differ , as they should , but the field of vision has been the same ...
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... tion ( New York : John Wiley & Sons , 1951 ) , pp . 401-414 . 3 See Deutsch , op . cit .; Gunnar Myrdal , International Economy : Problems and Pros- pects ( New York : Harper & Brothers , 1956 ) , pp . 160–221 , 319–321 ; Talcott ...
... tion ( New York : John Wiley & Sons , 1951 ) , pp . 401-414 . 3 See Deutsch , op . cit .; Gunnar Myrdal , International Economy : Problems and Pros- pects ( New York : Harper & Brothers , 1956 ) , pp . 160–221 , 319–321 ; Talcott ...
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... tion of current economic institutions . The type of economic change required in these areas calls for the transformation of the basic char- acter of the economy and concomitant social structure . Furthermore , other characteristics of ...
... tion of current economic institutions . The type of economic change required in these areas calls for the transformation of the basic char- acter of the economy and concomitant social structure . Furthermore , other characteristics of ...
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... tion , as Singer suggests ( Chapter 14 ) . Social Contexts of Commitment Three major contexts can be distinguished with respect to the loci of commitment ; and each can be further subdivided into a variable num- ber of subcontexts : I ...
... tion , as Singer suggests ( Chapter 14 ) . Social Contexts of Commitment Three major contexts can be distinguished with respect to the loci of commitment ; and each can be further subdivided into a variable num- ber of subcontexts : I ...
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achievement African agricultural analysis associated Baganda become behavior Bombay Cantel capital cash crops cultural demand differential discipline East Africa economic development economic growth employers function goals groups important income countries 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 land M. N. Srinivas machine managerial ment mobility modern Mossi nationalists newly developing areas Niger Nigeria nomic nonindustrial norms occupational operation opportunities organization participation pattern percent plant political entrepreneurs population position preindustrial prestige problems process of commitment production Puerto Rico recruitment relations relatively rewards role rural sector situation skilled social system status stratification structure tend tion town trade unions traditional transition tribal turnover types Uganda underdeveloped areas unskilled urban values wage labor workers Yatenga