Technl Growth&Soc Chan Ils 165

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Stanley Arthur Hetzler

PART ONE PROCESS AND SYMPTOM I. Introduction 2. The Dilemma of the Technologically Advanced Society; THE RANGE OF THE PROBLEM; THE FOLKLORE OF THE MATERIALLY ADVANCED SOCIETY; 3. The Dilemma of the Transitional Society THE UNORGANIZED SOCIAL BASE; FOOD PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; COMMERCE; EDUCATION; UNCONTROLLED POPULATION GROWTH; PART TWO OLD CONCEPTS 4. Economic Hypotheses on Development CONVENTIONAL ECONOMIC VIEWPOINTS; FREE ENTERPRISE APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT; THE CENTRALLY CONTROLLED APPROACH TO DEVFLOPMENT; LATER SCHOOLS OF ECONOMICS, 5. Other Social Science Hypotheses on Development SOCIOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES, SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES, ANTHROPOLOGICAL HYPOTHESES, POLITICAL HYPOTHESES, PART THREE NEW PERSPECTIVES 6. Historical Trends in Production PHASE I: BASIC PRODUCTION, PHASE II: FACTORY PRODUCTION PHASE III: ELABORATIVE PRODUCTION PHASE IV: FULL AUTOMATION 7. Socio-technics: A New Set of Hypotheses for Development, SPECIFIC STAGES OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESSION; IDENTIFYING THE 'CHANGE-AGENT'; TECHNIQUES, TOOLS, AND MACHINES; ROLE-PLAYING INTERACTION BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE; 8. Practical Approaches in Development Planning, GENERAL PRINCIPLES - TABOOS AND IMPERATIVES, ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION, BASIS OF PROGRAMMING FOR TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOP[1]MENT, ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, PART FOUR ON THE HORIZON 9. Socio-technics and Production Control DEFINING EFFICIENCY, SOCIETAL VIEWPOINTS, COMPETITION AND PRODUCTIVITY, OWNERSHIP AND PRODUCTIVITY, MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY, EXCHANGE MEDIA AND PRODUCTIVITY, MEASURING THE TREND TOWARD AUTOMATION 10. Socio-technics and Commodity Management