Organizing for Agricultural Development
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agrarian societies
agricultural extension agents
Agricultural scientists
Author_William Foote Whyte
behavioral science impact on farming
behavioral scientists
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field experiment methodology
organizational change theory
power dynamics in rural communities
rural development strategies
social innovation in agriculture
socioeconomic transformation
Product details
- ISBN 9780878555987
- Weight: 90g
- Dimensions: 130 x 204mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 1975
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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There is increasing recognition, even among hard-nosed agricultural scientists, that progress in technology and in the scientific fields directly related to the growth of plants is necessary but not sufficient to produce major social and economic benefits. Agricultural scientists are therefore turning to behavioral scientists for advice and collaboration; they must search together for the solutions to problems of food shortages and rural development. Through an analysis of the procedures of agricultural extension agents, organizational frameworks. divisions of labor and social structures, William Foote Whyte proposes a reformulation of social theory that does not abandon humanistic values but requires us to examine the conditions and agencies for realization of these values by concentration upon the structural elements influencing behavior in agrarian societies. Only then can technological and agricultural innovations be introduced to rural areas with success.
William Foote Whyte is professor at the New York State School of Indus trial and Labor Relations of Cornell University. He is author of many distinguished publications in social science including Street Corner Society, Money & Motivation and Men at Work.
