The document provides sociological definitions of development from several sources: - Development involves increasing real and global products cumulatively and sustainably through mental and social changes in a population. - It is a multi-dimensional process that reorganizes and reorients entire economic and social systems to secure better lives for societies. - Development is a long participatory process of social change where the objective is material and social progress for the majority through a better understanding of their environment.

1. SOCIOLOGICAL
DEFINITION OF
DEVELOPMENT
Presented by: Juditho A. Bautista

2. SOCIOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF
DEVELOPMENT
The combination of mental and social changes among the
population which decide to increase its real and global
products, cumulatively and in sustainable manner. Perroux
(1978:65)

3. SOCIOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF
DEVELOPMENT
A multi-dimensional process involving reorganizing and
reorientating the entire economic and social systems.
Development is a physical reality and a state of mind in
which society has, through some combinations of social,
economic, and political processes secured the way of
obtaining better life. Todaro (1981:56)

4. SOCIOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF
DEVELOPMENT
Development is a long participatory process of social
change in the society whose objective is the material and
social progress for the majority of population through a
better understanding of their environment. ROGERS
(1990:30)

5. SOCIOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF
DEVELOPMENT
Development in general includes improvements in
economic, social and political aspects of whole society
like security, culture, social activities and political
institutions.

6. MEANING OF DEVELOPMENT
Development is basically an economic concept it involves
the application of certain economic and technical measures
to utilize available resources to instigate economic growth
and improve people’s quality of life.

7. QUANTITATIVE CHANGE
Which looks at measurable changes in country’s
development. These changes can be measured by
comparing a countries development at different times or
by comparing a countries development with other
countries during a same period of time.

8. QUALITATIVE CHANGE
Which reflect a new stage that is different, in quality,
from what was happening before.

9. CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT
Consequently, development theories were designed to
activate and accelerate the process of economic growth
and move developing nations along the path charted by the
industrial ones of the West, from relying primarily on
agricultural activity to relying primarily on industrial
production and trade.

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