Modernization theory or modernisation theory holds that as societies become more economically modernized, wealthier and more educated, their political...

Modernization theory is the predominant explanation for the emergence of nationalism among scholars of nationalism. Prominent modernization scholars,...

to modernization of 'traditional' or 'backward' societies. Scientists from various research disciplines have contributed to modernization theory. The...

countries in modernizing and facilitating development in the non-West. It is often contrasted with dependency theory. The theory of modernization consists...

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...

interest in structuralism. Modernization theory is used to explain the process of modernization within societies. Modernization refers to a model of a progressive...

Reflexive modernization Restoration ecology Sustainable development Mol, A.P.J, G Spaargaren, and D.A Sonnenfeld. “Ecological Modernization Theory: Taking...

effect of income on democracy." In "Non-Modernization" (2022), they further argue that modernization theory cannot account for various paths of political...

verify] Under this theory, any country could modernize by using Western civilization as a template. Although this theory of modernization seemed to pride...

challenged this relationship. In "Non-Modernization" (2022), Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson argue that modernization theory cannot account for various paths...

Shuzo Teruoka, ed. Agriculture in the Modernization of Japan, 1850-2000 (2008); Cyril Black, The Modernization of Japan and Russia (1975) Russell H. Jeffries...

of the elites, Seymour Martin Lipset and his modernization theory, As well as various cultural theories: that of David Landes about the special cultural...

he subsequently developed a revised version of Modernization theory, Evolutionary Modernization Theory, which argues that economic development, welfare...

effect of income on democracy." In "Non-Modernization" (2022), they further argue that modernization theory cannot account for various paths of political...

Developing from classical social evolutionism theories, the theory of modernization stresses the modernization factor: many societies are simply trying (or...

Postdevelopment theory (also post-development or anti-development or development criticism) is a critique of the concept and practice of modernization and development...

into a highly interdisciplinary field. World-systems theory was aiming to replace modernization theory, which Wallerstein criticised for three reasons: its...

sociology. His two-volume Modernization and the Structure of Societies was a systematic statement of modernization theory. Levy also produced analytic...

Latham, Michael (2000). "Modernization at War: Counterinsurgency and the Strategic Hamlet Program in Vietnam", Modernization as Ideology: American Social...

Peasant Economies" (1971). Dependency theory arose as a theory in Latin America in reaction to modernization theory. It argues that resources flow from...

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...

its application of sociological and political modernization theories to German history. Modernization theory was presented by Hans-Ulrich Wehler (1931–2014)...

social theories such as multilineal theories of evolution (neoevolutionism, sociobiology, theory of modernization, theory of post-industrial society) and...

tensions within the political and social system, and criticizes modernization theory, contending that its argument for economic change and development...

(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...

education may not lead to increased demand for democratization as modernization theory suggests: historically, most countries attained high levels of access...

to Francis Fukuyama, modernization theory is the "last significant Universal History" written in the 20th century. This theory draws on Marx, Weber,...

its application of sociological and political modernization theories to German history. Modernization theory was presented by Wehler and his Bielefeld School...

political scientists offered up modernization theory for the cause of Cold War nation-building; modernization theory found a home in the military in the...

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