The Developmental Logic of Social Systems (SAGE Library of Social Research)

By Zdravko Mlinar and Henry Teune

Addresses the fundamental structures and processes of social change in the tradition of grand social theory. At a time when development has come into question, both as theoretical concept and as policy goal, this theoretical analysis makes a sharp distinction between growth and development, and reasserts the centrality of development for understanding macro-historical change in a global perspective. ...they do have interesting, closely argued and provocative ideas concerning developmental change. Their opening sections, detailing their general stance and systems-theoretic approach, are excellently constructed, luring the reader to read on with genuine interest. -- American Political Science Review, Vol 73, No 4

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803909004
• ISBN13: 9780803909007
• Release Date: August 1978
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.