SAMIR AMIN'S THEORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE CULTURAL ASPECT OF DEVELOPMENT

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dc.contributor.authorBEIDO, JATAOU DIOFFO
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-17T10:07:32Z
dc.date.available2014-03-17T10:07:32Z
dc.date.issued1999-03
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.Sc) SOCIOLOGY. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a critical review of the works of Samir Amin on the cultural dimensions of development. It investigates the importance of the cultural aspects of development programs and how neglecting the cultural aspects of development hinders development programs. Around 1990, Amin, without abandoning the theories of development he had earlier described as the world system outlook, added and concentrated on the cultural aspects of development which he felt are more important. Amin was one of the first to assert that culture could have a positive role in development, when earlier economists had assumed that development required adopting the norms and values of western societies. This work considers the various definitions of culture, and Amin's model of cultural dimensions of development as described in his three works Accumulation On a World Scale (1974), Unequal Development (1976) and Maldevelopment (1990). It also investigates other areas that Samir Amin left out or discussed only briefly, examining his position and criticisms that others have made of his work. There are many people in the third world who agree with Amin that the cultural aspects are important, but not all agree on which aspects of culture are most important to development. Some reject all influences of western culture, others see that one must select the good from the bad in any culture. As Amin states, taking culture into consideration is vitally important for development planning. His role in criticizing the neglect of culture in development is significant. However, there are areas of culture that has impact on development that Amin has neglected: an adequate definition of the role of democracy in development, the role of law in development, and gender and development. Amin's proposal of delinking as a way for countries to develop should not be interpreted as servering all political, economic and cultural ties with the West, for instance, for that is unrealistic and impracticable. The author therefore concludes and recommends that planned development should take the cultural dimensions and other social issues into consideration for effective execution.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3984
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSAMIR AMIN'S,en_US
dc.subjectTHEORIES,en_US
dc.subjectUNDERDEVELOPMENT,en_US
dc.subjectCRITICAL REVIEW,en_US
dc.subjectCULTURAL ASPECT,en_US
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.titleSAMIR AMIN'S THEORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE CULTURAL ASPECT OF DEVELOPMENTen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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