Modernism and Planned Development: A Study of Two Punjabi Villages in India.

Autor/in	Sharma, Satish
Titel	Modernism and Planned Development: A Study of Two Punjabi Villages in India.
Quelle	(1979), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Age Differences; Attitude Change; Caste; Change Strategies; Community Education; Community Support; Correlation; Federal Programs; Government School Relationship; Income; Innovation; Landlords; Leadership; Living Standards; Modernism; Proximity; Rural Development; Rural Urban Differences; School Role; Social Development; Socioeconomic Status; Urban Areas; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Kaste; Lösungsstrategie; ; Gemeinschaftserziehung; Nachbarschaftserziehung; Korrelation; Einkommen; Führung; Führungsposition; Lebensstandard; Lebensnähe; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Soziale Entwicklung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Urban area; Stadtregion; Indien
Abstract	Two rural villages with similar characteristics were selected in Punjab (northern India) in order to study attitudes towards planned socio-economic development programs. All household heads (married males) in Bhagpura (123) and Khaira Bet (116) were interviewed; other data were derived separately. Program acceptance (modernism) in both villages correlated very highly with the respondants' psycho-social modernism, mass-media participation, and extra-community contacts. Khaira Bet (more remote in terms of road links and transportation facilities) reflected more conservatism in all areas, particularly formal and family education, civic/political participation, level of living, village leadership status, landowner status, and occupational status. An unanticipated finding was that caste was not a significant predictor of program approval. Age reflected a predictable conservatism and had a negative correlation of -.72 in both villages. Since exposure to mass media and extra-community activities was significant in acceptance of socio-economic development programs, development and extension agencies should find support for rural development programs among villagers who have already been exposed to external ideas and behavioral patterns; agencies should also design extra-community social contacts, formal education, and mass-media and civic/political participation of villagers in order to aid development efforts. (BR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC