Development, Social Transformation and Globalisation
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چکیده
That may seem rather unnecessary: social transformation is a commonly used expression and not particularly new. Generally it implies an underlying notion of the way society and culture change in response to such factors as economic growth, war or political upheavals. We may have in mind the ‘great transformation’ (Polanyi 1944) in western societies brought about by industrialisation and modernisation, or more recent changes linked to decolonisation, nation-state formation and economic development in the Asia Pacific region.
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