Notes 1 See: " Innovative Processes in Social Change (Modernization II) ", (E. B. Hill ed.), International Review of Community Development, n. 33-34, Winter 1975, p. V. 2 lhid., p. VI. 3 For one of the more originai statements on the whole complex of flight ftom the " industriai steamroller " see: H. C. Greisman, " Disenchantment of the World: Romanticism, Aesthetics and Sociological Theory ", British Journal of Sociology, v. 27, n. 4, December 1976, pp. 495-507. On the effect of modem industriai society on the individuai in particular who has exchanged helplessness vis-a-vis nature against powerles-ness over the social structure see: Thomas Duckmann: " On the Rationality of Institutions in Modem Life ", European Journal of Sociology, v. XVI, n. 1, 1975, pp. 3-15. 4 In this connection it is interesting to note that Alain Touraine states that " development consists in ali those activities which transform a society into a different one and where the impact of intervention of that society is increasing " (A. Touraine, Les sociétés dépendantes, Duculot, Paris, 1976, p. 9) and further: " When the development agent is in fact the own bourgeoisie as in the most advanced capitalist countries, the study of development and of capitalism are difficult to keep apart as is the study of society and govemment. This is the essence of the First World " (Ibid. p. 14). 5 A beginning of an analysis of the facts underlying this change can be found in Harold L. Wilensky, The Welfare State and Equality. Structure and Ideological Roots of Public Expenditures, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1975. See in particular chapter 3: " Diversity and Uniformity among Rich Countries pp. 50-69. For our argument this provides background material only as the statistics end with 1966 when the negative public reaction had not yet evolved from the actual economie facts. 6 In International Review of Community Development, n. 33-34, Winter 1975, pp. 23-48. 7 See very much to the point: Alejandrò Portes, " On the Sociology of National Development: Theories and Issues American Journal of Sociology, v. 82, n. 1, 1976, pp. 55-85. 8 See: Anthony Giddens, " Classical Social Theory and the Otigins of Modem Sociology " American Journal of Sociology, v. 81, n. 4, 1976, n. 722. IX