Diffusion Research in Rural Sociology: The Record and Prospects for the Future (Contributions in Sociology) |
 | Author: Frederick C. Fliegel
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 152
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0313264473
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.16072
EAN: 9780313264474
ASIN: 0313264473
Publication Date: November 30, 1992
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Fliegel overviews and summarizes research on the spread of innovations through rural populations. The volume begins with a look at the discovery of diffusion as a patterned process in the 1940s and examines the creation of the classical model to explain diffusion as a transfer of information. Fliegel then notes how the classical model changed to accommodate the particular socioeconomic condition when the model was applied to developing countries after 1945. He concludes by commenting on the revival of interest in diffusion research, the further development and refinement of the classical model, and the modern emphasis on conservation-oriented innovations rather than on innovations that enhance production.
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