The Human Element in Industrialization: a Hypothetical Case Study of Ecuadorean Indians. By Beate R. Salz. Chicago: University of Chicago Research Center in Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1955. (Published as Volume IV, No. 1, Part 2, of Economic Development and Cultural Change.) Pp. ix, 265.

1957 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-125
Author(s):  
Wilbert E. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Research Center ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Hypothetical Case ◽  
Human Element

People and Projects

1951 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-40
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Research Center ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Widespread Interest ◽  
Deliberate Effort

The recent widespread interest in problems of economic development, particularly in areas of the world now marked off as "underdeveloped," has emphasized the necessity for further examining the relations between economic and cultural change. The present unorganized body of knowledge dealing with these problems seems to call for a deliberate effort at synthesis in order to arrive at general principles upon which policy and further study can be based. The Research Center in Economic Development and Cultural Change at the University of Chicago was established in an attempt to meet this need.

Report on the Conference on Asian Economic History

1960 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-440
Author(s):  
Morris David Morris
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
Research Center ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The University

A meeting of scholars to consider problems of teaching and research in Asian economic history was held in Highland Park, Illinois, October 30–31, 1959. It was organized under the auspices of The Research Center in Economic Development and Cultural Change of the University of Chicago, and funds were provided by the Division of Social Sciences of The Rockefeller Foundation. Professor Bert F. Hoselitz chaired the sessions.

Culture of Development and Developmental Capacity of States

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mustafa Erdoğdu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Developmental State ◽  
The State ◽  
Relative Autonomy ◽  
Developmental Capacity ◽  
Object Relationship

The main premise of this chapter is that state actions are crucial for economic development and those actions are partly shaped by the culture. Because some cultures are more conducive to development, it is engaged with the question: “Would it be possible to direct cultural change to serve economic development?” Since culture is a subject-object relationship, it might be possible to direct cultural change and consequently build up a developmental state. This chapter particularly focuses on the defining characteristics of a developmental state. In addition to the three characteristics recognized in the literature (relative autonomy, capacity, and embeddedness), four others are identified which are essential for a state to become developmental and remain so. These are: legitimacy of the state, integration of the society, socio-political stability, and motivation for economic development. The Korean developmental state is taken as a case study and investigated under this new light.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document