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BEYOND DEVELOPMENT TO TRANSFORMATION
Author(s) -
Bragg Wayne G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international review of mission
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.118
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1758-6631
pISSN - 0020-8582
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-6631.1984.tb03262.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , sociology , psychology , computer science
Since the advent of humankind on earth, civilization has been characterized by gradual change through technological advances by discovery and innovation, allowing societies to increase their control over the environment (and often over other societies). Following the industrial revolution and with the advent of the scientific era, however, there has been unprecedented, rapid economic and social change that has created a divided world-a world of extreme material wealth and one of extreme poverty. These are the developed and developing (or less developed) countries, often referred to as the one-third world and the two-thirds world.