Developmental Idealism: The Cultural Foundations of World Development Programs.
Developmental Idealism: The Cultural Foundations of World Development Programs.
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10.1525/sod.2015.1.2.277
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2015
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Swindle J
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Thornton A;Dorius SF;Swindle J
本文将关于发展的文化模式的理论和研究扩展到家庭和人口问题之外的广泛的其他因素，包括政府，教育，人权，日常社会习俗和宗教。发展理想主义是一种文化模式一套信仰和价值观它确定了适当的发展目标和实现这些目标的目的。它包括对经济增长、教育成就、健康和政治治理等因素之间积极因果关系的信念，以及对经济增长、教育、小家庭、性别平等和民主治理等许多属性的强烈价值观。这种文化模式已经从西北欧的精英中传播到世界各地的精英和普通民众。发展理想主义在地方、国家和全球社会机构中已经根深蒂固，现在已经在世界各地的许多国家精英、学者、发展实践者和普通民众中获得了理所当然的地位。我们认为，发展理想主义文化一直是社会内部和社会之间许多文化冲突背后的基本力量，并继续成为许多全球社会变革的重要原因。我们建议，发展理想主义应包括作为一个因果因素的理论，人类行为和社会变革。
This paper extends theory and research concerning cultural models of development beyond family and demographic matters to a broad range of additional factors, including government, education, human rights, daily social conventions, and religion. Developmental idealism is a cultural model—a set of beliefs and values—that identifies the appropriate goals of development and the ends for achieving these goals. It includes beliefs about positive cause and effect relationships among such factors as economic growth, educational achievement, health, and political governance, as well as strong values regarding many attributes, including economic growth, education, small families, gender equality, and democratic governance. This cultural model has spread from its origins among the elites of northwest Europe to elites and ordinary people throughout the world. Developmental idealism has become so entrenched in local, national, and global social institutions that it has now achieved a taken-for-granted status among many national elites, academics, development practitioners, and ordinary people around the world. We argue that developmental idealism culture has been a fundamental force behind many cultural clashes within and between societies, and continues to be an important cause of much global social change. We suggest that developmental idealism should be included as a causal factor in theories of human behavior and social change.