Social intervention in Curaçao: Using behavioral science technologies for social and economic development, 1969-1971.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0269889725100732
Abstract: This article examines how the American psychologist David McClelland advocated a quasi-colonial interventionist view to social science, shaped by his understanding of scientific progress, economic development, and social change. In the 1960s, he saw real-world… read more here.
Keywords: economic development; science; social intervention; intervention cura ... See more keywords