Development sociology as a distinct area of study gained prominence in the post-world war era with the evolving interest in political and economic progression of the post-colonial world. The emerging discipline from the mainstream sociology have been particularly interested in development paths and strategies adopted in nations in the various regions of the world with greater emphasis in develo...

Department of Risk Management and Insurance and Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA; School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; School of Sociology and Philosophy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland; Center for Economic Analysis of Risk, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State Universi...

Jeffrey Henderson and Richard Phillips are respectively Professor of International Economic Sociology and Research Fellow in Economic Governance in the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. David Hulme is Professor of Development Studies in the Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester and Eun Mee Kim is a Professor in the Graduate School of Inter...

zeinab fatemi amin phd student (economic sociology and development) majid fouladiyan phd student (theoretical cultural sociology) the main issue in this paper is two-way causal relationship between educational efficiency in any country and the development in society; it means while education in any society is affected by different levels of development, also as a independent variable influences...

A focus on law’s role in economic activities was central to many of the classical sociologists, and it remains a key theme sociology law, although no longer central. The view capitalism as market economy is reflected formalist perspectives economics, law even sociology, limits these understandings. Economic sociologists institutional economists have examined extensive institutionalisation activ...