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Chapter 1A Personal Note

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 1 –5

[Because this book is about development that draws its lessons from the past as it tries to change the present and chart a promising path to the future, I feel the need to explain my connection to history and the transformations of societies, cultures, economies, and civilizations it witnessed.]

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Chapter 2Meaning of Development

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 7 –15

[Development is basically an economic concept that has positive connotations; it involves the application of certain economic and technical measures to utilize available resources to instigate economic growth and improve people’s quality of life. In the 1950s and 1960s, development was largely...

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Chapter 3Meaning of Sustainable Development

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 17 –31

[The Club of Rome was the first organization to use the term “sustainable” in its 1972 report titled The Limits to Growth, written by a group of scientists led by Dennis and Donnella Meadows. Describing the desirable “state of global equilibrium,” the authors wrote, “We are searching for a model...

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Chapter 4Culture and Society

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 33 –43

[World history is the record of past events that are universally recognized as important and interesting to most peoples. Such events include war and peace, the creation of states and religions, the rise and fall of empires, and the consequences of such changes. While it has always been difficult...

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Chapter 5Development of Human Societies

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 45 –65

[Historians and other social scientists, using various models and criteria, have defined several stages of societal development. Some have made the list lengthy; others have abbreviated it. However, each social scientist seems to acknowledge that the greatest revolutions in human history were the...

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Chapter 6Economy and Society

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 67 –79

[The existence of an economy is essential to the formation and sustenance of society. No society can survive without an economy efficient enough to meet, at the very least, the basic needs of its members. Every economy exists for the sole purpose of meeting the growing needs of people as life...

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Chapter 7Economy and Globalization

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 81 –93

[An expanding free market system, cheaper and more efficient transportation systems, and faster, more reliable communications systems have pushed national economies to link with each other, forming a global economy. Meanwhile, the internationalization of major financial, trade, and investment...

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Chapter 8Perspectives on Development

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 95 –114

[Mercantilism was probably the first theory of economic development the European nation-states invented; it called for the development of industry, the promotion of exports, and the limitation of imports through protectionism. But as these policies were being pursued with a vengeance, a world of...

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Chapter 9Cultural Theory of Development

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 115 –125

[Though the concept of social capital has been with us for decades, its importance and relevance to societal development was recognized only recently. Today, social capital is viewed as an important factor of production, just like physical and human capital. Interest in culture and the role it...

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Chapter 10Obstacles to Development

Rabie, Mohamed

Pages: 127 –144

[Third World nations in general have much difficulty activating their largely stagnant economies and meeting the challenges of feeding, educating, and housing their growing populations. Problems facing the less developed nations are many and multifaceted; some nations face very difficult...

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