Poverty and Progress

An Ecological Model of Economic Development

Richard G. Wilkinson

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Routledge
01 July 2022

Development studies; Development economics

Series: Routledge Revivals

Originally published in 1973 and now reissued with a new Preface, this striking book challenges the whole structure of our thinking on how societies develop – why some are primitive and others advanced. It demonstrates that the pursuit of progress is not the real driving force behind change. Economic development, it argues, is simply the escape route of societies caught in the ecological pincers of population growth and scarce resources. The author explains the processes by which industrialization is forced upon societies by the progressive scarcity of all land-based resources. The things we think of as the fruits of man's search for progress including increasingly sophisticated technology, labour-saving machinery and the rest - are in fact part of the struggle to keep up with the growing productive task created by ecological pressures. ln this light primitive societies appear less poor than we imagine, and advanced ones less rich.

By: Richard G. Wilkinson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9781032307039
ISBN 10: 103230703X
Series: Routledge Revivals
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 01 July 2022
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction 2. Cultural Evolution 3. Ecological Equilibrium 4. Disequilibrium and the Stimulus to Development 5. The Structure of Development 6. The English Industrial Revolution 7. Innovation and Technical Consistency 8. American Economic Development 9. Industrial Societies: Production and Consumption.

Floya Anthias is Professor of Sociology and Social Justice at Roehampton University, London, UK.

Reviews for Poverty and Progress: An Ecological Model of Economic Development

‘The work is rich in new perceptions and marked by a capacity for seeing things in their organic interrelations. It is also refreshingly free of jargon…’ The Times Educational Supplement ‘…a highly original thesis on economic development…I do not hesitate to call this book brilliant.’ Journal of Agricultural Economics