Organizing for Agricultural Development: Human Aspects in the Utilization of Science and Technology - Couverture souple

Whyte, William Foote

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0878555986 ISBN 13 : 9780878555987

Editeur : Transaction Publishers, 1975

Synopsis

There is increasing recognition, even among hard-nosed agricultural scientists, that progress in technology and in the scientific fields directly related to the growth of plants is necessary but not sufficient to produce major social and economic benefits. Agricultural scientists are therefore turning to behavioral scientists for advice and collaboration; they must search together for the solutions to problems of food shortages and rural development. Through an analysis of the procedures of agricultural extension agents, organizational frameworks. divisions of labor and social structures, William Foote Whyte proposes a reformulation of social theory that does not abandon humanistic values but requires us to examine the conditions and agencies for realization of these values by concentration upon the structural elements influencing behavior in agrarian societies. Only then can technological and agricultural innovations be introduced to rural areas with success.

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À propos de l?auteur

William Foote Whyte is professor at the New York State School of Indus- trial and Labor Relations of Cornell University. He is author of many distinguished publications in social science including Street Corner Society, Money & Motivation and Men at Work.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Transaction Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1975
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0878555986
• ISBN 13: 9780878555987
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 62
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• Personne responsable: non disponible