Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 448)

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Realist Methodology and the Articulation of Modes of Production (ص 448)

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The strategy itself consisted of two important elements — one
technical and one socio-political — which were often in
direct conflict with one another. These were:
(a) A diffusionist model of technological transfer, and,
(b) An espousal of limited forms of participatory democracy.
The Diffusionist Model of Technological Transfer
The community development school inherited traditional
academic, urban, and western assistance programme biases and
stereotypes of the peasantry. Peasant farmers were largely
seen as irrational, poor technical innovators and poor factor
resource allocators who were lacking in good farm management
techniques. Combined with this was the belief that the
peasant farmer was essentially fatalistic about technical,
environmental and socio-economic change.
This perspective engendered direct implications for programme
policy and management. Thus, in order to combat the inherent
fatalism and lack of innovative activity on the part of
peasants, it was felt necessary to introduce outside
assistance and expertise in order to plan, implement = and
evaluate local village based development projects. In this
context it was thought feasible to directly transfer
agricultural technology and models of agricultural extension
services from the developed capitalist countries to rural
communities in the Third World rather than working directly
with the peasant farming population to develop alternative
indigenous farming systems and techniques. In this model the
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