... production process (which the Taylorist processes seemingly emphasised) but as capable of an intellectual contribution to work which could be "improved" through the acquisition of information and knowledge The shift in the structure of economies towards service-oriented jobs and the increasing importance of information in the production process, according to Daniel Bell (1974), heralded the arrival of a ... trading environment. However, what we now label "services" have always been part of the manufacturing process, a point that Cohen and Zysman (1987) emphasise in their claim that no ...

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... his article recognizing that for post-development to be a socially effective tool depends on how we assess the current state of modernity. He posits that we are moving beyond the paradigm of modernity, both epistemologically and socially. Therefore, there is a need to move beyond the antiquated thinking in terms of the Euro-centric development and modernity. Jan Pieterse offers his ... of post-development recognized development as "a ruin in the intellectual landscape [that] shows cracks and is starting to crumble." Controversial, however, was the post-development rhetoric to shift from ...

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