![]() | Sociology and Development Subjects: Area Studies; Global Development; Geography; Health and Social Care; Politics & International Relations; Social Sciences; Urban Studies; African Studies; Latin American & Hispanic Studies; Global Development; Development Policy; Urban Development; Regional Development; Political Behavior and Participation; Sociology & Social Policy; Urban Sociology - Urban Studies; Human Geography; Health & Society; Government; Political Philosophy; Social Geography; Development Geography; Sociology of Health and Illness; Protest Movements; Political Ideologies; Marxism & Communism; Social Movements; Originally published in 1974 Sociology and Development are a selection papers from the British Sociological Association's conference on development. The book combines both theoretical discussion and empirical material drawn from both urban and rural areas in Africa, Latin America, China, the USSR and Great Britain, as well as from specific studies on the mass media and the health services. Above all, the papers contribute to a greater understanding of reality in dependent, less developed societies, and so modify some of the over-simplifications introduced by the sweeping vision of the new theorists. |
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