Analysis of Cases Pertaining to the Impact of Western Technology on the Non-Western World

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Abstract
Fifty cases of planned or semiplanned attempts to introduce change in the major developing areas of the world as reported in three casebooks of social change were analyzed in terms of (1) the objectives of the innovating, (2) the strategies or tactics incorporated in bringing about the changes; and (3) the success or failures of the innovations. Agricultural and therapeutic innovations were the most popular change goals, representing over half the cases. Participation, education, and utilitarianism were the major strategies used in producing the changes. Over half the cases were classified as failures. To overcome an apparent lack of theoretical foundation for the introduction of changes in the non-Western world evidenced by this analysis, the authors suggest that the applicability of exchange theory to applied anthropological cases be considered in future studies.

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