This thesis aims to review and contribute to the literature on land reform and economic development. It does so by evaluating the impact of land reforms in India on agricultural modernization in twelve states over the years 1961-1987. The main findings are although there is limited evidence of the successful implementation of land reforms, adoption of tenancy reforms seems to have a significant...

modernization in kurdistan as an uncompleted process , in it’s historical transition , by religiousness which is the strongest and the most fundamental current cultural and social element , has encountered the researchers with this question that “ what kind of effect has the process of modernization on the rate of religiousness of people? “ this study investigates the relationship between moder...

The Toxic Substances Control Act is the principal US law governing industrial chemicals. Over the past three and one half decades, it has become clear that a considerable toxicological information gap exists about chemicals in commerce. The current provisions of the US TSCA law have failed to fill, and perhaps even exacerbated, that gap. For at least the past 5 years, bills have been introduced...

Data from 44 societies are used to explore sex segregation by field of study. Contrary to accounts linking socioeconomic modernization to a "degendering" of public-sphere institutions, sex typing of curricular fields is stronger in more economically developed contexts. The authors argue that two cultural forces combine in advanced industrial societies to create a new sort of sex segregation reg...

Modernization and subsequent changes in lifestyle have caused a dramatic increase in prevalence of overweight and obesity in China (WHO, 2000; Wu, 2006). Since obesity is one of the main forces driving Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), increases in prevalence of obesity in children lead to higher incidence of NCDs and reduction in health human capital. I use the China Health and Nutrition Survey...

Discovering hidden features in a representation without being fixated to a single perspective of viewing it is one of the crucial acts in creative activities. The process of designing through conceptual sketches is no exception; designers should be able to discover in an unexpected way visual/spatial features of sketched elements which were not intended when the elements were being sketched. Ho...

Currently, ‘dark tourism’ is gaining popularity as a new tourism concept. Dark tourism is different from simple leisure, and its purpose is based on the succession of local grief or praying for dead people. ICT can be made more effective by optimising the potential of dark tourism. In this study, dark tourism will be analysed in terms of ICT.

Particular functional blocks of Large-Scale Alarm receiving Centre modernization Design creates core contribution of this research paper. In the introductory chapter the valid legislation and the resulting requirements for the design, location, construction, technical equipment, operations and personnel are described. Moreover, the methodology of evaluation of the Alarm receiving Centre quality...

this research examines dynamics and change in the iranian family during the recent half- century especially subsequent to the islamic revolution in 1979. developmental positions and changes are discussed and consideration is given to the extent to which family dynamics and change have been influenced by structural changes or ideational forces. we will focus on ideational forces based on a new a...

Sociological research has arrived at an intellectual crossroad where it faces the challenge of understanding how the dynamics of globalization have joined the forces of modernization in inducing social change. In this paper, using a survey conducted in Pudong, Shanghai, in 2001, which had captured conditions of the area’s rapid transformations in a globalizing city, first, we have uncovered two...