Towards a Re-Definition of Development. Essays and Discussion on the Nature of Development in an International Perspective

Content: 
Other Titles of Interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION, Pages ix-xi, John P. Schlegel
INTRODUCTION, Pages 1-6, Paul-Marc HENRY
INTRODUCTION, Pages 9-11
CONTRIBUTORS' PERSPECTIVES, Pages 13,15-24
INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT, Pages 25-26
THE IRREVERSIBILITY OF TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL EVOLUTION, Pages 27,29-47
THE ESSENTIAL DRIVING FORCE BEHIND DEVELOPMENT: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Pages 49,51-67
SOCIETY AS A SYSTEMS THEORY, Pages 69,71-79
VULNERABILITY OF THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, Pages 81,83-99
THE CONTROL OF EVOLUTION AND THE MEANING OF PROGRESS, Pages 101,103-116
THE IMPERIALISM OF WESTERN RATIONALITY, Pages 117,119-133
CONCLUSION: DIAGNOSIS OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, Pages 135-146
INTRODUCTION TO THE CONDITIONS FOR ANOTHER KIND OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT, Pages 147-148
THE ROLE OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UNITS IN WORLD DEVELOPMENT, Pages 149,151-163
CONDITIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Pages 165,167-181
HOW CAN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FIND THEIR WAY?, Pages 183,185-195
THE REALIZATION OF THE NECESSARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLANET EARTH, Pages 197,199-208
THE BASES OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLES, Pages 209,211-221
PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE, Pages 223,225-239
FINAL WORDS, Pages 241,243-252
CONCLUSIONS TO PART ONE, Pages 253-259
INTRODUCTION, Page 263
‘THE CONDITIONS FOR THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE THIRD WORLD’, Pages 265-270, Sathianathan ADISESHIAH
‘CONCEPTIONS AND MISCONCEPTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT’, Pages 271-278, Mamadou AW
‘DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES: RIGHT AND WRONG MEANING OF DEVELOPMENT’, Pages 279-287, Jacques ELLUL
‘RIGHT AND WRONG MEANING OF DEVELOPMENT: THE TESTIMONY FROM THE THIRD WORLD’, Pages 288-292, Michel FARAH
‘THE MID-1970's: GLOBAL CRISIS AND EMERGING HISTORICAL DISCONTINUITIES’, Pages 293-305, James P. GRANT
‘THE LANGUAGE OF THE QUESTION’, Pages 306-308, Georges GUSDORF
‘ON THE CONCEPT OF PEACE’, Pages 309-314, Georg PICHT
‘WHAT DEVELOPMENT? AND WHY?’, Pages 315-319, Ernesto SABATO
‘ON THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT’, Pages 320-328, Barbara WARD
MAKING THE EARTH A FIT PLACE TO LIVE IN: A CONCLUSION, Pages 329-339
POSTSCRIPT: THE CHALLENGE OF THE MEGAMACHINE: FATALITY OR FREEDOM?, Pages 341-345, Paul-Marc Henry
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS, Pages 347-353