Papers on National Income and Allied Topics; Vol. II. Edited by V. K. R. V. Rao, S. R. Sen, M. V. Divatia, and Uma Datta. New York: Asia Publishing House, 1962. $8.00. - Hindu Culture; Economic Development and Economic Planning in India; A Collection of Essays. By William Kapp. New York: Asia Publishing House, 1963. viii, 228. $8.75. - Foreign Aid and India's Economic Development. By V. K. R. V. Rao and Dharm Narain. New York: Asia Publishing House, 1963. III $5.25.

1964 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-330
Author(s):  
Bert F. Hoselitz
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
National Income ◽  
Economic Planning

The Sociology of Development: Iran as an Asian Case Study by Norman Jacobs. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1966. Price $17.50. Pp.i-vii+541.

1967 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-555
Author(s):  
Fateh M. Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
No Value ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Shotgun Approach ◽  
Selection Of

The Sociology of Development is an ambitious attempt at developing a model of Asian societies which will explain succinctly the reasons why Asian nations have not developed economically, why sociologists working in underdeveloped areas are not effective in their attempts to expedite social change, why economists can do nothing about economic development, and among other questions why foreign aid is of no value to economic development. Indeed, Professor Jacobs' "shotgun" approach to the sociology of development touches briefly on so many aspects of economic development that one can only wish that an attempt had been made to equip the gun with a full choke. Briefly, the book may be seen to consist of three parts. The first part consists of a single introductory chapter which attempts to do several things within the space of 18 pages. First, it is argued that Iran is selected as only a case study of the entire problem of economic development in Asia, yet neither in this chapter nor in subsequent chapters is an extended attempt made to draw similarities between Iran and other countries in Asia. The most important reason for the selection of Iran, a Middle Eastern nation, seems to be that the author spent two years, 1959 to 1961, in Iran.

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