Social structure and rural development in the Third World

Guy Berger

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dc.contributor.author	Guy Berger
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-27T07:25:08Z
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-22T06:48:48Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-27T07:25:08Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-22T06:48:48Z
dc.date.issued	1992
dc.identifier.isbn	0-521-39258-6
dc.identifier.uri	http://10.215.13.25/handle/123456789/48395
dc.description	This monograph investigates the significance of social structure and economic development, with specific reference to rural development. It makes use of a concept of development analysed as productive capacity and a concept of economic structure analysed in terms of three 'Moments' of production. Beginning with theoretical issues, the study moves on to a general definition of development, and from there to basic social and economic concepts. These are then used to theorise the capitalist mode of production and its role in development and underdevelopment in the Third World. Finally, the role of agriculture in development is discussed, and different experiences of planned rural development are analysed. The approaches dealt with during the argument include the modernisation school; the dependency and underdevelopment theorists; the 'articulation of modes of production' framework; the 'laws of motion' protagonists; and those who adopt a 'class struggle' emphasis. Numerous debates have raged between and within these different approaches, involving a confusing range of phrases - 'growth without development', 'underdevelopment', and the 'development of underdevelopment' to list but a few. Among other difficulties in many of these approaches, one can note four major problems.
dc.language	en	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press	en_US
dc.subject	Rural development Developing countries	en_US
dc.title	Social structure and rural development in the Third World	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US