Lecture Development economics - Lecture 16: Dualistic theories. There are different theories which are of the view that the poverty and underdevelopment of poor countries is attributed to their dualistic character. Social Dualism, Technological Dualism and Financial Dualism. | Dualistic Theories Lecture 16 There are different theories which are of the view that the poverty and underdevelopment of poor countries is attributed to their dualistic character. Social Dualism, (2) Technological Dualism and (3) Financial Dualism. Theory of social dualism: Definition and Explanation . Boeke is a Dutch Economist who studied Indonesian Economy and presented his theory of social dualism. He maintains that there are three characteristics of a society in the economic sense. They are as: (i) Social Spirit (ii) Organizational Form (iii) Techniques Dominating Them. Their inter-relationship and interdependence is called the social system or social style. A society is homogeneous if there is only one social system in the society. But the society which has two or more social systems is known as dual or plural society. Dr. Boeke says that the dual society is a society which has two full grown social styles which represent pre-capitalism and post-capitalism. Such a dual society is furnished with the existence of an advanced imported western system on the one side and endogenous pre capitalistic agricultural system on the other side. Western system is under the western influence which uses the advance techniques and where standard of living is high. Pre capitalistic agricultural system is native and it is furnished with the outdated techniques and low social and economic life. This is called social or sociological dualism and these two systems are clashing. The imported social system is highly capitalistic and it may be socialistic as well as communistic system. Characteristics of Dualistic Society: On economic basis the dualistic society is classified as by giving the names: (i) Eastern Sector and (ii) Western Sector. There are certain characteristics of eastern sector of a dualistic economy which distinguishes it from western sector. They are as: (i) The needs of eastern sector are limited. People pass a contented life. (ii) People work . | Dualistic Theories Lecture 16 There are different theories which are of the view that the poverty and underdevelopment of poor countries is attributed to their dualistic character. Social Dualism, (2) Technological Dualism and (3) Financial Dualism. Theory of social dualism: Definition and Explanation . Boeke is a Dutch Economist who studied Indonesian Economy and presented his theory of social dualism. He maintains that there are three characteristics of a society in the economic sense. They are as: (i) Social Spirit (ii) Organizational Form (iii) Techniques Dominating Them. Their inter-relationship and interdependence is called the social system or social style. A society is homogeneous if there is only one social system in the society. But the society which has two or more social systems is known as dual or plural society. Dr. Boeke says that the dual society is a society which has two full grown social styles which represent pre-capitalism and post-capitalism. Such
