1968 - 1979: Recent submissions
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The Third World Professional and Collective Self?Reliance—Towards the Barefoot Accountant?
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/03/1977)Summary The economic recession of the last few years has reduced the volume of migration of Third World professionals, affording an opportunity to consider the underlying question: the nature of the professions and of ... -
Militarism: Arms and the Internationalisation of Capital
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/03/1977)Summary Prospects for disarmament must be assessed against a trend of rising arms spending and military influence in the Third World, associated with economic and military penetration by the central countries. Technical ... -
Media Professionalism: Dependence on Rich Country Models
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/03/1977)Summary Information flows, and the mass media in particular, form part of the mechanism whereby developing countries are incorporated into the world capitalist system. Information transfers and the development of broadcasting ... -
Labour and the Export of Jobs
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/03/1977)Summary Should the emergence of some less developed countries as exporters of manufactured goods be welcomed, or does it mean the end of full employment and of the upward trend in real wages for workers in the metropolitan ... -
News, Information and The New International Order
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/03/1977)Summary In 1976 the circulation and control of information became an issue on the agenda of The New International Order. Steps were taken at the Conference of Non?Aligned States in Colombo to start a news pool, to be used ... -
Inside the Company: CIA Diary
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/03/1977)Summary The material in Philip Agee's book on the CIA shows that the Agency's influence is too great to be ignored by social scientists of any discipline. On the other hand, this influence should not be exaggerated ... -
Lonrho Revisited: Witch?hunt, Crusade, Quest for El Dorado, Road to Darien?
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/03/1977)Summary Documents now emerging oh the Lonrho controversy shed little light on the economic impact of the company on its host countries. The British government's official investigation reveals the unsatisfactory state of ... -
Administrative Training: Doublethink and Newspeak
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary Administrative training is a growth industry, and has developed a philosophy and practice. The philosophy consists of claims about the purposes and results of training which the practice cannot substantiate. Those ... -
Editorial
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Developing Effective Study Programmes for Public Administrators
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary This article examines the essential aspects of the provision of programmes for overseas public services—their establishment, design, implementation and evaluation. The areas analysed include the establishment of ... -
Development Studies: The Struggle for Recognition
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary This article examines some of the problems associated with the teaching of development studies to public officials within a University context. It is concluded that there is an obvious need for greater understanding ... -
The Economist's Dilemma—The Relevance of Development Economics to Public Administration
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary There is general disillusionment amongst academics concerned with development studies with the results of two decades of sustained attempts to stimulate economic development and economic planning in the developing ... -
Research and Teaching Materials in Development Studies
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary The case for linking research with the preparation of teaching materials in Development Studies continues to obsess academics and practitioners. This article focuses on some current trends and problems in development ... -
Disaster Preparedness in the Developing World
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary This article discusses the significance of disaster resulting from natural phenomena for people and societies in the developing world. It examines the need to develop planning and management techniques and skills ... -
The Meaning of Collaborative Research
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary This article examines the prospects for inter?country collaborative research between academic institutions of greatly varying experience and resources, and notes the case for unilateral action by research institutes ... -
Land Development in Mexico: A case study
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary The case examined is the Carrizo Valley irrigation scheme in N.W. Mexico. Members of the ejidos (land holding communities) as beneficiaries of the agrarian reform, were granted usufructural rights over 76 per ... -
Development and Underdevelopment in Britain and Ireland
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary Students of development may use diverse definitions of development and underdevelopment, but invariably these definitions are related to regions or states which are regarded as disadvantaged by comparison with ... -
The Politics of Planning: The Third Malaysia Plan
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary The Third Malaysia Plan is a statement of the political developments within the Malaysian polity, and provides great insight into the main debates and power configurations within the coalition government. The ... -
Extending the University for Grass?Roots Development
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)Summary Universities in developing countries are often attacked as over?subsidised bastions of privilege, but they have a considerable and generally unrecognised potential as agents of grass?roots development through ... -
Inside India Today
(Institute of Development Studies, 01/05/1977)
