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    Social modernization brought about a series of major changes in the social structure. One of its strongest influences was the awakening of a woman’s consciousness. With rapid economic development and the advent of the women’s movement‚ the changing status of women received much attention around the world. The role of women began to change from the submissive‚ dependent and the childbearing traditional woman to the modern woman demanding for equal rights‚ sovereignty‚ and independence assuming the

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    Social Change and Modernization Define social change. Social change is the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure that is characterized by changes in social organizations‚ rules of behavior‚ value systems‚ and cultural beliefs. What are the key features of social change? Social change results in a change in behaviors and attitudes and a change in the whole system of the society. A new system of social change does not mean it is going to be better than the old system. Social change

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    In the story "Dead Men ’s Path" Chinua Achebe describe the controversy between tradition and modernization in the school of Ndume. Michael Obi is the main character of this story. He is confronted with the villagers and their resistance to change. All the characters go through different changes according to their belief. The theme between the main character and the rest of the characters is controversial. Because Michael is aims with intellectual arrogance‚ and the villagers with resistance to change

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    While there are merits to both modernization and dependency theory‚ which one in your opinion aptly explains Pakistan’s current socio economic woes? A country plagued by a myriad of critical issues‚ Pakistan’s deepening woes have dented its image in the social and economic strata. While theorists have provided several ideologies concerning its current dilemma‚ this paper discusses Pakistan’s predicament in the light of the principles of the development theory: modernization and dependency theories. Both

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    The History of India’s Modernization Because of external influence‚ India modernized at the turn of the twentieth century. It was originally a long-established‚ traditional country. They were for the most part against British interference‚ due to their religious traditions and culture. Due to colonialism‚ their country turned upside down and back again. India transformed in many ways: politically‚ economically‚ socially‚ and technologically. India has also felt the stings of long-term effects

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    countries like America or India would want to bargain with China because of the huge opportunities in different markets‚ this stimulates the development of China‚ causing a rapid economic development and modernization to occur. So I absolutely agree that modernization and economic development has had only brought positive effect to China and China’s people. According to “ The Telegraph” published on 1st of June in 2013‚ America ranked 1st and China ranked 2nd

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    Modernization and Dependency theory Nowadays the rapid development of the word and the growing integration of countries can hardly fail to affect the development of new theories which attempt to explain the relationship between countries and the existing inequality between developed countries and countries of the third world. In this respect‚ it is possible to refer to Modernization theory and Dependency theory which‚ being quite different‚ still have certain similarities

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    Social Change and Modernization SOC 120 08/09/10 Social change is the transformation of culture and social institutions over time and is the result of invention‚ discovery‚ social conflict‚ and cultural diffusions. Society is constantly changing to conform to our way of living and will continue to change as new technology is introduced to our world. Some countries change faster than others but the entire world is subject to social changes. Along with the changes come social movements that either

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    Social Change and Modernization * Define social change. What are the key features of social change? Provide four examples of social movements‚ current or past‚ and describe the key features of each movement. * * Define modernization. What are the key features of modernization? Provide four examples of modernization and describe the key features in each example.

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    Modernization and Indigenous � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �7� Modernization and Indigenous Cultures William Ward Axia College of University of Phoenix SOC120 Intro to Sociology Yvonne Moore March 23‚ 2008 � � Introduction Modernization is the process of moving from farming and agricultural society to an industrial society and it mainly deals with societies after the Industrial Revolution of the mid-18th century. Some key features of modernization would be large‚ formal organizations and division

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