India's green revolution
Frankel, Franciner R.
India's green revolution - New jersey Princeton U P 1971 - 231p.
THE PHRASE "green revolution" has all the qualities of a good slogan. It is catchy; it simplifies a complex reality; and most important, it carries the conviction that fundamental problems are being solved. Agriculture, it suggests, is being peacefully transformed through the quiet workings of sci ence and technology, reaping the economic gains of mod ernization while avoiding the social costs of mass upheaval
and disorder usually associated with rapid change. Yet, a democratic government does well not to be per suaded by its own slogans. Indeed, there is a strong induce ment of self-interest in wanting to discover the truth. Op position parties will in any case trumpet bad news and seek to use it for their political advantage. The press will give wide publicity to all the details of any disaster.
691075360
Economics-agricultural aspects
338.1 FRA
India's green revolution - New jersey Princeton U P 1971 - 231p.
THE PHRASE "green revolution" has all the qualities of a good slogan. It is catchy; it simplifies a complex reality; and most important, it carries the conviction that fundamental problems are being solved. Agriculture, it suggests, is being peacefully transformed through the quiet workings of sci ence and technology, reaping the economic gains of mod ernization while avoiding the social costs of mass upheaval
and disorder usually associated with rapid change. Yet, a democratic government does well not to be per suaded by its own slogans. Indeed, there is a strong induce ment of self-interest in wanting to discover the truth. Op position parties will in any case trumpet bad news and seek to use it for their political advantage. The press will give wide publicity to all the details of any disaster.
691075360
Economics-agricultural aspects
338.1 FRA