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The development approach that has dominated for three decades has emphasized output goals, such as capital formation & gross national product, neglecting cultural & other goals. It is argued that attention to these goals can help ensure successful development, because culture can serve as a cushion, minimizing the injuries of change. Early development thinkers saw traditional culture as a hindrance to development, & falsely assumed that it was static & homogeneous. Culture is now seen as central in influencing the processes of growth & the distribution of its benefits. Neglect of cultural goals has led to aggressive assertions of heightened cultural self-awareness. 3 Photographs. A. Waters

The predominant emphasis in the development approach was on output goals: capital formation and raising of GNP were pursued with an all-consuming passion. In the process, cultural and order goals suffered neglect. (SJO)

General reflections on the challenges, opportunities, & tasks confronting the social sciences in the Third World are presented. In the 1960s & 1970s, the shortcomings of traditional, Europe-centered social science were increasingly recognized, especially its inadequacy for describing processes of change. Certain groups revived Marxist approaches, but the new generation of indigenous social scientists in Africa, Latin America, & Asia are faced with four progressively radical options: (1) adaptation of Western theories; (2) decolonization of the social sciences (eliminating traces of neocolonialism); & (3) indigenization, leading to (4) national & collective self-reliance. 16 References. C. Waters.