A Casebook of Social Change in Developing Areas

ISBN-13: 9780202362175 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str.

Arthur Niehoff

Opis

Most early approaches to encouraging social development focused on economic and technical issues. This volume begins from the premise that economic and technical patterns are embedded in cultural patterns. These patterns of custom and belief are sometimes elaborate, and they can act as barriers to technical or economic change. This volume presents case studies of social change, developing a model for analysis and action. An analytic guide is presented for each case history, and the editor points out factors that influenced the outcome of the project. The volume ais designed for people in the field, and is intended to be of practical usefulness.From hundreds of case histories, Arthur H. Niehoff selected nineteen that most clearly exemplify the technique of the innovator, the motivations of potential recipients and the reactions of these recipients due to local cultural patterns and values. These case histories of efforts at innovation in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia illustrate the specific problems facing American change agents abroad and define the basic ingredients of socio-economic change. Covering the types of problems innovators most frequently encounter in developing nations, Niehoff's compendium of successful and unsuccessful attempts at change demonstrates concretely the theoretical principles set forth.Prospective change agents gain fruitful insights into many problems by studying the practical examples of the programs of change agents in a wide variety of situations. Each of the case-histories is analyzed in the context of a socio-cultural concept of change, emphasizing the principles and factors of change. This book presents essential guidelines for perceiving and dealing with the cultural aspects of a change situation for all students of applied anthropology and social change.

Spis treści

1: Introduction; 2: The Process of Innovation; 3: Land Reform and Community Development in Bolivia; 4: Community Development in Highland Peru; 5: Community Development in Brazil; 6: Rural Self-Help in Costa Rica; 7: The Prevention of Sleeping Sickness in Nigeria; 8: Resettlement to New Lands in Nigeria; 9: Venereal Disease Eradication in Northern Rhodesia; 10: Urban Community Development in South Africa; 11: Range Management in the Somali Republic; 12: Developing a Village Co-operative in Israel; 13: Rural Development in East Pakistan; 14: Community Development in India; 15: Health Education in Village India; 16: Factionalism in Village India; 17: Buddhism and Development in Laos; 18: Community Development in Hong Kong; 19: Family Planning in Taiwan; 20: Village Improvement in the Philippines; 21: A Literacy Campaign in Sarawak

O autorze

Arthur H. Niehoff