{"product_id":"digging-to-a-hidden-sociological-core-neofunctional-notions-within-development-studies-a-literature-review-von-max-schmidt","title":"Digging to a hidden Sociological Core. (Neo)Functional Notions within Development Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Sociology - Miscellaneous, grade: 1.7, University of Leipzig (Institute of Sociology), course: Seminar on Theory and History of Theory: Neofunctionalism: Jeffrey C. Alexander and Richard Münch, language: English, abstract: In this literature review, the author aims to explore functionalist notions within Development Studies (DS) and the sociology of development (SOD). For this purpose, he will firstly give a short introduction to three related theories of social change: functionalism, structural functionalism and neofunctionalism. In the next step, two important theories in DS that build on them will be presented: modernisation theory (MT) and dependency theory (DT). As this literature review is explicitly not intended to be a mere presentation of theoretical elaborations, the author follows an approach that is informed by case examples \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly a handful of social scientific terms can be considered to be as disputed as the presumable catch-all phrase 'development' that is also occasionally called an 'empty signifier'. Historically, the term went hand in hand with other well-intended terms such as 'empowerment', 'participation' or 'poverty reduction', ultimately resulting in one size fits all development recipes that are rather apolitical. On a rather abstract level, 'development' can also be considered a bundle of normatively positive and interconnected processes which, by now, only took place in some parts of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe term quickly gained momentum after the end of the Second World War, when the so-called developed countries began attempting to 'modernise' so-called undeveloped countries (oftentimes their former colonies). Typically, the inauguration address of former US-President Harry S. Truman in 1949 is said to mark the onset of the era of development policy, with the discipline of Development Studies (DS) starting to evolve only a few years later. Initially considered to be mainly economically oriented, DS soon included approaches from a wider range of subjects and even led to the emergence of new sub-disciplines such as the sociology of development (SOD).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783346048424\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA Literature Review\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783346048424","offer_id":39430469419101,"sku":"9783346048424","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/0054e904-43ed-4aee-b421-49d60e4c3830.jpg?v=1776832297","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/digging-to-a-hidden-sociological-core-neofunctional-notions-within-development-studies-a-literature-review-von-max-schmidt","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}