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Davis, F. James – Sociology and Social Research, 1973
Interviews and questionnaire data from returnees to Turkey who studied in American Universities from 1957-68 indicated a range of developmental problems, with the focus on Turkey's social problems. (FF)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Social Problems
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Pak, Namik Kemal – Impact of Science on Society, 1975
Discusses the effect of technological change on the sociological structure of a developing country. Uses Turkey as an example. (MLH)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Developing Nations, Science Education, Sciences
Dayton-Johnson, Jeff – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2004
Natural disasters (droughts, earthquakes, epidemics, floods, wind storms) damage wellbeing, both in their immediate and long-term aftermath, and because the insecurity of exposure to disasters is in itself harmful to risk-averse people. As such, mitigating and coping with the risk of natural disasters is a pressing issue for economic development.…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Natural Disasters, Seismology, Foreign Countries
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Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2010
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]
Descriptors: Social Studies, Proverbs, Social Justice, Global Approach