During the late 19th century and the early 20th century‚ Islam in the Middle East was introduced to its greatest threat yet; modernization. Conflicts within the muslim community and the rapid development of the surrounding world‚ has left the muslim society in the dust. The technological/scientifically dominant Ottoman empire went through expiration and was left with the remnants of its broken empire. Western civilizations then modernized and quickly became more superior in its European trade‚ technological
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Modernization theory is the process of transforming from a traditional or underdeveloped society to a modern Western societies way of life. Basically‚ Modernization theory became the foundation stone of this evolutionary prescription for development. The theory is not homogeneous—numerous proponents disagreed on several key features. But in broad outline‚ the theory focused on deficiencies in the poorer countries and speculated about ways to overcome these deficiencies. It viewed traditional society
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Ch.12-2‚ Modernization in Japan P.376-379 I. Japan Ends Its Isolation A. The Demand for Foreign Trade 1. Westerners tried to convince the Japanese to open their ports to trade a. British‚ French‚ Russian and America officials occasionally anchored off the Japanese coast b. Japan refused to receive them c. 1853‚ US commodore Matthew Perry took four ships into Tokyo harbor‚ socked Japanese d. Tokugawa shogun dubiously received Perry and the letter Perry had brought form US president
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Analysis of the Food Safety Modernization Act The U.S. Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act in December. The congressional process was neither fast nor pretty. First caught behind health care reform and then squeezed into the post-election congressional wrap up‚ President Barack Obama signed food safety bill in early January 2011. Long after the tortured process that produced the final bill is forgotten‚ the statutory language and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) implementation
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The Nineteenth century was a time of major changes and a critical moment in the history of Italy. It was the time of the Risorgimento‚ the campaign for the unification of Italy and it was a long and complicated process. Lampedusa ’s "The Leopard" gives a spacious perspective into this revolution and gives us insight of the state of marriage‚ religion and politics within the Sicilian society. Lampedusa exposes the life of The Leopard and how he and his people reacted to the Risorgimento. He states
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In the early 17th century Japan shut itself from most contact with other nations. Under the rule of the Tokugawa shoguns the Japanese society was very reserved and was in very tight order. The shoguns gave out land to the lords and daimyo. The peasant worked for and lived under the protection of their daimyo. The daimyo had a small army of samurais. The rigid system was to keep the country free of civil war and to keep peace for Japan. This lasted for about two centuries. Japan during those two centuries
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Bibliography: Apter‚ D. (1967) The Politics of Modernization‚ Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. Cooper‚ F. & Packard‚ R. (eds) (1997) International Development and the Social Sciences: Essays on the History and Politics of Knowledge‚ London: University of California Press. Crane‚ G. T
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CASE STUDY: MODERNIZATION OF NTUC INCOME? 1.) WHAT WERE THE PROBLEMS FACED BY INCOME IN THIS CASE? HOW WERE THE PROBLEMS SOLVED BY THENEW DIGITAL SYSTEM? Income·s insurance processes were very tedious and paper-based. This resulted to humongousIncome also experienced frequent breakdown of the HP 3000 mainframe which hosted the coreinsurance applications and the accounting and management information systems. In addition tothis‚ HP 3000 back-up system only allowed restoration to the previous day·s
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electronic game any interactive game operated by computer circuitry. The machines‚ or "platforms‚" on which electronic games are played include general-purpose shared and personal computers‚ arcade consoles‚ video consoles connected to home television sets‚ and handheld game machines. The term video game can be used to represent the totality of these formats‚ or it can refer more specifically only to games played on devices with video displays: television and arcade consoles Forms of online gambling
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Immanuel Muller R314632 Japan – China ‚ Their Modernization and the comparison China and Japan both came under pressure from the West in the 19th century. The West wanted to open up foreign trade and relations‚ during this period in time neither Japan or China had the means to stand up against the West. This due to the fact that both the United states of America and Europe went through an industrial revolution‚ hence they had superior technology and weaponry for this time period. Japan
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