| dc.description.abstract | The discussion is to be located on the contours and context of rural development in Uganda
and an overview of developing countries. The realities of globalisation and the information
age impact on communities in ways that question the very premise of industrialisation in the
age of neoliberalism. Trends in rural industrialisation and a theoretical frame that addresses
notions of industrialisation from a more critical perspective, beyond the modernisation
paradigm is the foundation of the paper. Following the rural development trajectory in
Uganda, using the case of the Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA), I argue that
information and communication will be the drivers of rural transformation through
industrialisation. This is so because rural communities have largely remained out of the loop
of the network society. Any industrialisation measures must necessarily involve inclusion of
rural communities into the network society in broad terms. This will be dependent on the
communication policies and development culture that broaden sociological knowledge
relevant for industrialisation. | en_US |
