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Author : David Barkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Technology and the Transformation of Rural Society written by David Barkin and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gene F Summers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000314111
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Technology And Social Change In Rural Areas written by Gene F Summers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The possibility of nuclear war, the failure of the Green Revolution, the capabilities of genetic engineering, and other actual and potential effects of technological innovations have created demands for a more humane application of technology. Addressing this issue, Technology and Social Change in Rural Areas is a clear assessment of the current state of affairs. The book begins with a discussion of the changing paradigms of technology adoption and diffusion, the dynamics of public resistance, and the question of social responsibility in an age of synthetic biology. In subsequent sections, the contributors assess the revolutionary effect of technology on agriculture worldwide and conclude that radically new public policies are essential; expose the transformations of rural life and communities that result from the localized effects of technology and its use as a weapon in world-system politics; and critically examine the appropriate technology movement. The essays are presented to honor Professor Eugene A. Wilkening for his many pioneering and lasting contributions to the study of technology and rural social change. The book includes an intellectual biography of Professor Wilkening written by his long-time colleague and friend, William H. Sewell.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Technological Transformation of Rural America written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Author : Arvind Kumar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788126100088
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 ( download)
Download or read book Transformation of Rural Society written by Arvind Kumar and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India Is A Country Having Many Major Languages And Is Divided By Several Religions, Castes And Customs. Together With Joint Family System And Village Community, These Institutions Have Governed Whole Gamut Of Social And Economic Life Of Indian People In The Past. Our Plans Are Oriented Since The Beginning To Bring Transformation In Rural Society.This Book Consists Of The Following Major Topics: The New World Order Or Disorder? A Option Before The World; Contemporary Social Transformation In India; Farm Technology And Social Transformation; In The Wake Of Improved Agricultural Practices; Can Science Solve Social Problems? The Sociological Theory Of Totemism; Interest And Attitudes; Individual And Society; Social Codes And The Individual Life; Rural Social Taboo; Freedom Of Speech How Free Is Free ? The Concept Of Secularism; Elements Of Communalism; Networks In Indian Social Structure; Sanskritisation And Westernisation; Perspective For Rural Development; Political Participation And Rural Development; Participation In Social Defence; Participation, Institution-Building And Social Development; Panchayats For Rural Development; Rural Management; Agencies For Rural Development; The Village Level Worker And Changing Village Environment; The Attack On Poverty And Rural Sustainable Development Etc.Students, Teachers, Sociologists And Policy Planners Will Find This As An Authoritative Reference Work.
Author : Commission of the European Communities
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Future of Rural Society written by Commission of the European Communities and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Grete Rusten
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134220820
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Information and Communication Technologies in Rural Society written by Grete Rusten and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-10-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the experiences of individuals, households and businesses, this book offers an international view on being rural as information and communication technologies are applied more widely and allow people to be connected across geographies.
Author : John R. Parkins
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774823836
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Social Transformation in Rural Canada written by John R. Parkins and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapidly changing nature of life in Canadian rural communities is more than a simple response to economic conditions. People living in rural places are part of a new social agenda characterized by transformation of livelihoods, landscapes, and social relations – these profound changes invite us to reconsider the meanings of community, culture, and citizenship. Social Transformation in Rural Canada presents the work of researchers from a variety of fields who explore the dynamics of social transformation in rural settlements across several regions and sectors of the Canadian landscape. This volume provides a nuanced portrait of how local forms of action, adaptation, identity, and imagination are reshaping aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities in rural Canada. Unlike many previous studies, this work looks at rural communities not simply as places affected by external forces, but as incubators of change and social units with agency and purpose, many of which provide exemplary models for other communities facing challenges of transition.
Author : Rilus A. Kinseng
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000727017
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Rural Socio-Economic Transformation: Agrarian, Ecology, Communication and Community, Development Perspectives written by Rilus A. Kinseng and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of Indonesian population live in rural areas, and the majority of poor people also live in rural areas, namely 13.47% in rural and 7.26 in urban. In the past decades, rural communities as well as the ecology have changed fundamentally. Many factors contribute to this transformation: development programs from the government as well as from private and NGOs; the diffusion of information technology; the development of transportation facilities; the rise of education and health levels, interaction with "outsiders", and so on. A main driving factor for rural development has been agrarian liberalization. This can be seen in the development of transnational plantations, which trigger land grab and rise of land demand. Development trough liberalization also had a negative impact, since the development of modern and industrialized agriculture affected the environment, and the expansion of plantations caused changes in the agricultural systems of villages and the life orientation of local communities. Interventions in villages by private companies, intermediary institutions no doubt have brought a structural transformations in rural live: local institutions, livelihood systems, population structures, ecosystems, and relation to the land. Unfortunately, the social, economic, cultural, and ecological transformation of the rural community not always produces improvement of quality of life for the rural community. At the same time, information and data related to rural transformations are scarcely available at research institutions, universities, NGOs, private enterprises. Rural Socio-Economic Transformation: Agrarian, Ecology, Communication and Community, Development Perspectives discusses many aspects of the social, economic, cultural, and ecological transformation of rural life in Indonesia, and is of interest to academics and policy makers interested or involved in these areas.
Author : Ronald R. Kline
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801871153
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (711 download)
Download or read book Consumers in the Country written by Ronald R. Kline and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2002-08-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1900 to 1960, the introduction and development of four so-called urbanizing technologies–the telephone, automobile, radio, and electric light and power–transformed the rural United States. But did these new technologies revolutionize rural life in the ways modernizers predicted? And how exactly–and with what levels of resistance and acceptance–did this change take place? In Consumers in the Country Ronald R. Kline, avoiding the trap of technological determinism, explores the changing relationships among the Country Life professionals, government agencies, sales people, and others who promoted these technologies and the farm families who largely succeeded in adapting them to rural culture.
Author : Satyajit Majumdar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 8132220714
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (322 download)
Download or read book Technology and Innovation for Social Change written by Satyajit Majumdar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tension exists between technologists and social thinkers because of the impact technology and innovation have on social values and norms, which is often viewed as damaging to the cultural fabric of a nation or society. Since the global business environment is the context in which implementation of technology and innovation takes place, it is widely accepted as the major reason for such conflicts. In this backdrop, this edited book integrates independent research from across the globe. It deals with the nature and significance of technology, innovation and social change as well as the relationships between them, and discusses the significance of social entrepreneurship from social innovation and technology perspectives. Research areas covered are related to the development and deployment of technology, innovation and knowledge in social change, capabilities of institutions, models, role of government and corporate social responsibility and community involvement. Multiple aspects of social change are discussed in the context of India, Mexico, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Nigeria and other African countries. But society does not silently accept technologically enforced changes; sometimes technology is seen as an enemy of inclusive growth and for many, economic development is an anti-thesis of social change. Selected case studies on sector-specific technologies, such as the use of genetically modified seeds in agriculture, which has impacted the market and society, are critically analyzed to develop insights into the adoption of technology and its impact. At the same time it examines policy related issues, without any bias in favor of, or against, a specific technology.
Author : North Carolina. Agricultural and Technical State University. Office of Rural Development
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Small Farmer Technology and Marketing Analysis for Rural Development written by North Carolina. Agricultural and Technical State University. Office of Rural Development and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kartik Chandra Roy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Technological Change and Rural Development in Poor Countries written by Kartik Chandra Roy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural development is a subject that appears to be plagued by a central paradox: development is necessary to alleviate rural poverty, but while new technology has raised agricultural output, it has also increased the suffering of millions of poor landless families in many Third World countries. The rural poor, especially women, have been marginalized; urban migrants have become desperate unemployed squatters, not well-paid industrial workers; and environmental degradation has proved severe. The authors argue that many development programmes go awry because the authorities neglect essential development issues. Development must be defined in terms of the provision of basic human needs which include life expectancy, infant mortality, and literacy indicators which reflect the quality of life of the bulk of the population, not just a narrow elite. What they suggest is that the issues neglected by the conventional approach must be addressed if true development is to occur.
Author : Ram Kumar Gurjar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788171320684
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Science and Technology in Rural Transformation written by Ram Kumar Gurjar and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Application Of Science And Technology In Rural Economy Has Made Our Villages More Accessible During The Post-Independence Era. The Two-Fold Task Of Modernisation And Structural Changes In Agriculture And Tertiary Sector Has Demonstrated Impressive Achievements. It Is Now Universally Accepted That Science And Technology Are The Quintessence Of Good Life In Our Civilization And Any Pogramme Of Rural Development Must Take Into Account Appropriate Technology. Inspired By This Spirit, This Volume Concentrates On The Technological Transformation-Taking Place In Villages. A Comprehensive Well-Researched Perspective Has Been Provided In This Volume. The Idea Of Technological Transfer Has Been Highlighted Through Its Various Facts Like Technological Generators, Technology Transfer Units, Users And Funding Agencies. A Scientific And Objective Assessment Of The Realities Is A Distinct Feature Of This Book. The Book Is Of Immense Use To Academicians And Policy Planners.
Author : D. K. Ghosh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Digital India written by D. K. Ghosh and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Can Telecommunication Create An Economic, Social And Cultural Synergy And Break The Age-Old Isolation Of Over Six Lakh Villages? This Book Is A Comprehensive Survey And Analysis Of The Several Experiments On This Topic. Experience Shows That Telecom Centres Are Successful When They Converted Into An Information Service Centre Providing Multiple Services And Maintained By The Local People And Community.
Author : Hal S. Barron
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807860263
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Mixed Harvest written by Hal S. Barron and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mixed Harvest explores rural responses to the transformation of the northern United States from an agricultural society into an urban and industrial one. According to Hal S. Barron, country people from New England to North Dakota negotiated the rise of large-scale organizational society and consumer culture in ways marked by both resistance and accommodation, change and continuity. Between 1870 and 1930, communities in the rural North faced a number of challenges. Reformers and professionals sought to centralize authority and diminish local control over such important aspects of rural society as schools and roads; large-scale business corporations wielded increasing market power, to the detriment of independent family farmers; and an encroaching urban-based consumer culture threatened rural beliefs in the primacy of their local communities and the superiority of country life. But, Barron argues, by reconfiguring traditional rural values of localism, independence, republicanism, and agrarian fundamentalism, country people successfully created a distinct rural subculture. Consequently, agrarian society continued to provide a counterpoint to the dominant trends in American society well into the twentieth century.
Author : D. S. Shisodia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (819 download)
Download or read book Impact of Science and Technology on Rural Society as Experienced by Planning Research and Action Division, State Planning Institute, U.P. written by D. S. Shisodia and published by . This book was released on 1975* with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amy K. Glasmeier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351481479
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)
Download or read book The High-Tech Potential written by Amy K. Glasmeier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural America is at a crossroads in its economic development. Like regions of other First World nations, the traditional economic base of rural communities in the United States is rapidly deteriorating. Natural resources, including agriculture, show little prospect for generating future job growth, and manufacturing has become a new source of instability. Faced with these changes and an increasing vulnerability to international economic events, rural communities have begun to seek high-technology industries and advanced services as candidates for job growth and economic stability. What is the potential for high-tech growth outside the largest cities? What is the role of high-tech industry in the economic development of non-metropolitan America? This book provides a hard-nosed look at the high-tech potential in rural economic development. Some of the questions Glasmeier addresses include: Are rural areas attractive to high tech? Will high tech follow earlier patterns and filter down the lowest-paid jobs to rural areas? Will rural communities be bypassed completely for even lower-wage Third World locations? Glasmeier answers in a sober analysis that separates fact from myth. Empirical data reveals the kinds of high-tech jobs that locate in rural areas, and the kinds of rural areas that attract high-tech jobs. This analysis leads to a highly critical evaluation of state and local economic development policy and recommendations for its improvement. This book is a must for policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and an informed public interested in the promise of high tech and the future of US economic development.
