
Development Sociology
Actor Perspectives
Norman Long(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. September 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-415-23536-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this exciting and challenging work, Norman Long brings together years of work and thought in development studies to provide a key text for guiding future development research and practice.
Using case studies and empirical material from Africa and Latin America, Development Sociology focuses on the theoretical and methodological foundations of an actor-oriented and social constructionist form of analysis. This style of analysis is opposed to the traditional structuralist/institutional analysis which is often applied in development studies.
With an accessible mix of general debate, critical literature reviews and original case study materials this work covers a variety of key development issues. Among many important topics discussed, the author looks at commoditisation, small-scale enterprise and social capital, knowledge interfaces, networks and power, globalisation and localisation as well as policy formulation and planned intervention processes.
This book should be read for its desire to pursue a form of analysis that helps us to understand better (and more realistically) the kinds of development interventions and social transformations that have characterised the second half of the twentieth century and will no doubt continue to characterise future development studies.
Using case studies and empirical material from Africa and Latin America, Development Sociology focuses on the theoretical and methodological foundations of an actor-oriented and social constructionist form of analysis. This style of analysis is opposed to the traditional structuralist/institutional analysis which is often applied in development studies.
With an accessible mix of general debate, critical literature reviews and original case study materials this work covers a variety of key development issues. Among many important topics discussed, the author looks at commoditisation, small-scale enterprise and social capital, knowledge interfaces, networks and power, globalisation and localisation as well as policy formulation and planned intervention processes.
This book should be read for its desire to pursue a form of analysis that helps us to understand better (and more realistically) the kinds of development interventions and social transformations that have characterised the second half of the twentieth century and will no doubt continue to characterise future development studies.
Reviews / Votes
"Provides the theoretical & methodological foundations for development research & practice from an actor-oriented perspective." - Sociological Abstracts 'Long provides a fascinating perspective on the complex networks of relationships and credits that make up these webs across the border.' - Social Anthropology Vol 11.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Illustrations
2 s/w Tabellen
2 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
542 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-23536-5 (9780415235365)
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Person
Norman Long works in the Rural Development Sociology Group at Wageningen Agricultural University in the Netherlands. He is the author of An Introduction to the Sociology of Rural Development (Routledge, 1977) and co-editor of Anthropology, Development & Modernities (Routledge, 1999).
Content
List of illustrations, Preface and acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I Theoretical and methodological issues, PART II Commoditisation, social values and small-scale enterprise, PART III Knowledge interfaces, power and globalization, Appendix: Cornerstones of an actor-oriented approach, Notes, Bibliography, Index