Development sociology : actor perspectives /: actor perspectives. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Norman Long.
• Other Names: Long, Norman
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- PART I -- Theoretical and methodological issues 7 -- 1 The case for an actor-oriented sociology of development 9 -- 2 Demythologising planned intervention 30 -- 3 Building a conceptual and interpretative framework 49 -- 4 Encounters at the interface: social and cultural discontinuities in development and change 73 -- PART II -- Commoditisation, social values and small-scale enterprise 93 -- 5 Commoditisation and issues of social value 95 -- 6 Webs of commitment and debt: the significance of money and social currencies in commodity networks 115 -- 7 Networks, social capital and multiple family-enterprise: local to global 132 -- PART III -- Knowledge interfaces, power and globalisation 167 -- 8 Knowledge, networks and power 169 -- 9 The dynamics of knowledge interfaces between bureaucrats and peasants 189 -- 10 Globalisation and localisation: recontextualising social change 214 -- Appendix: Cornerstones of an actor-oriented approach 240 -- Notes 244 -- Bibliography 264 -- Index 287.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 307.1412; Rural development; Community development; Economic development; Social change; Développement rural; Développement communautaire; Développement économique; Développement social; Community development; Economic development; Rural development; Social change; Ontwikkelingsproblematiek; Ontwikkelingssociologie; Sociaal handelen; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Ländliche Entwicklung; Gemeinwesenarbeit; Sozialer Wandel; Développement communautaire; Développement rural; Développement social; Développement économique; Entwicklungssoziologie; Ländliche Entwicklung; Sozialer Wandel; Entwicklungsländer
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781134564231; 1134564236
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.