Diffusion Research in Rural Sociology - Softcover

Fliegel, Frederick C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0941042316 ISBN 13: 9780941042314

Publisher: Dog-Eared Publications (Subsidiary: Social Ecology Press), 1999

Synopsis

Fliegel overviews and summarizes research on the spread of innovations through rural populations. The volume begins with a look at the discovery of diffusion as a patterned process in the 1940s and examines the creation of the classical model to explain diffusion as a transfer of information. Fliegel then notes how the classical model changed to accommodate the particular socio-econimic condition when the model was applied to developing countries after 1945. He concludes by commenting on the revival of interest in diffusion research, the further developnent and refinement of the classical model, and the modern emphasis on conservation-oriented innovations rather than on innovations that enhance production.

About this title

About the Author

FREDERICK C. FLIEGEL was Professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Illinois./e He was the former editor of Rural Sociology and is the most frequently published author in that journal. He died in 1987 while serving as an international development adviser in Pakistan.

Review

"a most valuable book that will be of use to both the agnostic and the converted. And it is a shame that Fliegel is no longer here to read this review."-Contemporary Sociology

"an important contribution to the sociology of knowledge. Graduate; faculty."-Choice

?an important contribution to the sociology of knowledge. Graduate; faculty.?-Choice

?a most valuable book that will be of use to both the agnostic and the converted. And it is a shame that Fliegel is no longer here to read this review.?-Contemporary Sociology

Edition details

• Publisher: Dog-Eared Publications (Subsidiary: Social Ecology Press)
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0941042316
• ISBN 13: 9780941042314
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158