Organizing for Agricultural Development

Human Aspects in the Utilization of Science and Technology
1. Auflage 1975
ISBN: 978-0-87855-598-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 62 Seiten, Format (B × H): 130 mm x 204 mm, Gewicht: 91 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whyte, William Foote

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION 1. ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION 2. RECOGNITION OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE DEFICIENCIES 3. AN ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR STUDIES OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Organizational Behavior and Interorganization Relations; The Socioeconomic Organization of Agricultural Activities; Social Structure and the Distribution of Power; Structural Implications of Social and Technological Innovations in Rural Areas 4. STRATEGIES FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURE An Organizational Framework for Research and Action; Experimenting with New Organizational Models; A Strategy for Field Experiments in Agricultural Production 5. NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL THEORY

Über Autor(innen)

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.