{"product_id":"development-sociology-norman-long-9780415235365","title":"Development Sociology: Actor Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this exciting and challenging work, Norman Long brings together years of work and thought in development studies to provide a key text for guiding future development research and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing case studies and empirical material from Africa and Latin America, \u003cem\u003eDevelopment Sociology\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on the theoretical and methodological foundations of an actor-oriented and social constructionist form of analysis. This style of analysis is opposed to the traditional structuralist\/institutional analysis which is often applied in development studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an accessible mix of general debate, critical literature reviews and original case study materials this work covers a variety of key development issues. Among many important topics discussed, the author looks at commoditisation, small-scale enterprise and social capital, knowledge interfaces, networks and power, globalisation and localisation as well as policy formulation and planned intervention processes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book should be read for its desire to pursue a form of analysis that helps us to understand better (and more realistically) the kinds of development interventions and social transformations that have characterised the second half of the twentieth century and will no doubt continue to characterise future development studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman Long\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415235367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415235365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.65d","brand":"Norman Long","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44717141721343,"sku":"9780415235365","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d05a3e4c-8687-4cd7-9088-5afc953c4d42.jpg?v=1705687131","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/development-sociology-norman-long-9780415235365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}