Change in Tunisia: Studies in the Social Sciences

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Russell A. Stone, John Simmons
SUNY Press, Jan 1, 1976 - Business & Economics - 333 pages
An interdisciplinary study of various aspects of Tunisian culture.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
Farming in the Lower Medjerda Valley
3
The Adoption of HighYielding Wheats
25
Results of Agricultural Planning in Tunisha
39
Social Change and Institutions
53
Introduction
55
Employment of Women and Social Change
57
Political Generations
73
Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Child Development
177
Family Planning and the Problems of Development
201
Role of a Change Agent in the Process of Introducing Population Education
217
Education and Social Mobility
231
Introduction
233
An Attitudinal Portrait of the Modern Worker
235
Towards an Improved Model
249
Socioeconomic Origin Schooling and Economic Success
263

Migration and Community
107
Organization and Social Structure
121
Urban Planning in Tunis
137
Population and Health
159
Introduction
161
Social Class and Impairment of Growth and Health
163
Some Psychological Consequences of Modernization
289
Social Mobility After Independence
311
Conclusion
323
Index
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