This is the completely revised and updated version of the immensely successful Sociology of the Third World. It is about the division of the world into rich and poor countries, and the disparities between rich and poor people, especially in poor countries.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction and argument; 2. Technology, society and population; 3. The colonial episode and the race question; 4. Economic conditions; 5. Environmental concerns; 6. The social sciences and the 'Third World'; 7. The rise of towns; 8. Family life in a changing world; 9. Cultural diversity, language, education, and communications; 10. Religion and development; 11. Individual modernization: some psychological studies; 12. Politics in post-colonial states; 13. Aid and development.
