Readings in Social Sciences

Issues in National Development

• Author(s): Elochukwu C. Amucheazi,
• Publisher: Fourth Dimension Publishers
• Pages: 381
• ISBN_10: 9781560630
  ISBN_13: 9789781560637
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions , Political Science / General , Political Science / Political Process / General , Social Science / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... When this volume was first published, the fact that underdevelopment was becoming a permanent condition rather than a transitory stage was a burning issue facing African social scientists. Calls were for attention to be paid to small-scale industries rather than dependence on foreign support, and to concentrate efforts on the well-being of the citizen rather than on institutions; and academics contributed to these debates. Times have moved on but arguably the underlying questions remain unresolved. Various of these essays consider: the role of local government; foreign policies of developing nations; regional co-operation and the search for unity; the economy and international economic relations; public and private investment; trade and national development; social change and welfare problems including psychological aspects of developing nations and personality perspectives; and moral values and socialism.