• Modernization theory or modernisation theory holds that as societies become more economically modernized, wealthier and more educated, their political...
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  • Modernization theory is the predominant explanation for the emergence of nationalism among scholars of nationalism. Prominent modernization scholars,...
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    to modernization of 'traditional' or 'backward' societies. Scientists from various research disciplines have contributed to modernization theory. The...
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  • lack of development in Latin America. The theory arose as a reaction to modernization theory, an earlier theory of development which held that all societies...
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    countries in modernizing and facilitating development in the non-West. It is often contrasted with dependency theory. The theory of modernization consists...
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    effect of income on democracy." In "Non-Modernization" (2022), they further argue that modernization theory cannot account for various paths of political...
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    interest in structuralism. Modernization theory is used to explain the process of modernization within societies. Modernization refers to a model of a progressive...
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    challenged this relationship. In "Non-Modernization" (2022), Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argue that modernization theory cannot account for various paths...
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    verify] Under this theory, any country could modernize by using Western civilization as a template. Although this theory of modernization seemed to pride...
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  • of the elites, Seymour Martin Lipset and his modernization theory, As well as various cultural theories: that of David Landes about the special cultural...
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  • Reflexive modernization Restoration ecology Sustainable development Mol, A.P.J, G Spaargaren, and D.A Sonnenfeld. “Ecological Modernization Theory: Taking...
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    effect of income on democracy." In "Non-Modernization" (2022), they further argue that modernization theory cannot account for various paths of political...
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  • Shuzo Teruoka, ed. Agriculture in the Modernization of Japan, 1850-2000 (2008); Cyril Black, The Modernization of Japan and Russia (1975) Russell H. Jeffries...
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  • society, but stresses how in reflexive modernization, modernity directs its attention to the process of modernization itself. The main thesis deals with the...
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  • he subsequently developed a revised version of Modernization theory, Evolutionary Modernization Theory, which argues that economic development, welfare...
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  • Developing from classical social evolutionism theories, the theory of modernization stresses the modernization factor: many societies are simply trying (or...
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    into a highly interdisciplinary field. World-systems theory was aiming to replace modernization theory, which Wallerstein criticised for three reasons: its...
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  • much of the theories of modernization at the time. His influence was very extensive but at the same time, the concrete adoption of his theory was often...
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  • its application of sociological and political modernization theories to German history. Modernization theory was presented by Hans-Ulrich Wehler (1931–2014)...
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    Latham, Michael (2000). "Modernization at War: Counterinsurgency and the Strategic Hamlet Program in Vietnam", Modernization as Ideology: American Social...
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  • Statecraft. Staging Growth. Modernization, Development, and the Global Cold War (2003) Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America (2004)...
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  • Extraneuronal monoamine transporter Ecological modernization theory Electrical metallic tubing Error management theory Extended mind thesis East Midlands Trains...
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    education may not lead to increased demand for democratization as modernization theory suggests: historically, most countries attained high levels of access...
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    to Francis Fukuyama, modernization theory is the "last significant Universal History" written in the 20th century. This theory draws on Marx, Weber,...
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  • Postdevelopment theory (also post-development or anti-development or development criticism) is a critique of the concept and practice of modernization and development...
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  • tensions within the political and social system, and criticizes modernization theory, contending that its argument for economic change and development...
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  • (1917–1980) was an American scholar and writer known for his studies on modernization theory. Lerner's study of Balgat Turkey played a critical role in shaping...
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    (sociology) Modernization theory Reform movement Reformism Revolution Secularization Social conservatism Social degeneration Social development theory Social...
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    could be interpreted as socialism. Modernization efforts were generalized by the concept of the Four Modernizations, set forth by Zhou Enlai in 1963 and...
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    policy of modernization to be fostered by American economic aid and growth. The book was highly influential, bringing modernization theory to prominence...
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