Do You Agree With The Modernisation The
Do you agree with the modernisation theorists’ assumption that development involves a process of modernisation?
Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social, economic and political systems that have been developed in Western Europe and North America from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth and has blown across to other European countries and in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to the South America, Asian and African continents. Since 1950 modernisation theory has been one of the key outlooks in the sociology of national alleged development and underdevelopment. The attention firstly has been focused on the ways in which past and present ‘pre-modern’ societies became modern through the process of economic growth and the change in social, political and cultural structures. (Eisenstadt 1966, pg.1)
Modernisation theorists are concerned with economic growth within societies. Mechanisation or industrialisations are key elements in the process of economic growth. Modernisation theorists study the social, political and cultural consequences of economic growth and the circumstances that are Important for industrialisation and economic growth to occur. From my reading of the theories I would partly agree and also partly disagree with the statement that “development involves a process of modernisation” as the different theorist have their own perspective on the topic parts of their findings lead to the same objective or issue.
The sociological concept of modernisation does not refer only to the most current or u to date but rather requires particular processes of societal changes in the course of national development. Industrialisation involves the use of non-living sources
Modernisation theory is an understanding and explanation of the process of transformation from the traditional or so called “underdeveloped” societies to modern societies. From reading the theorists work surrounding the topic of modernisation it is believed that modernisation is the process change towards those types of social, economic and political systems that have been developed in Western Europe and North America from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth and has blown across to other European countries and in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to the South America, Asian and African continents. Since 1950 modernisation theory has been one of the key outlooks in the sociology of national alleged development and underdevelopment. The attention firstly has been focused on the ways in which past and present ‘pre-modern’ societies became modern through the process of economic growth and the change in social, political and cultural structures. (Eisenstadt 1966, pg.1)
Modernisation theorists are concerned with economic growth within societies. Mechanisation or industrialisations are key elements in the process of economic growth. Modernisation theorists study the social, political and cultural consequences of economic growth and the circumstances that are Important for industrialisation and economic growth to occur. From my reading of the theories I would partly agree and also partly disagree with the statement that “development involves a process of modernisation” as the different theorist have their own perspective on the topic parts of their findings lead to the same objective or issue.
The sociological concept of modernisation does not refer only to the most current or u to date but rather requires particular processes of societal changes in the course of national development. Industrialisation involves the use of non-living sources
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