ASSESSMENT ESSAY STATICS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES UNEQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: CLASS‚ CASTE AND SOCIAL MOBILITY This paper looks at how much social class origin‚ caste and community and gender affect one’s chances of moving ahead in society by getting managerial and professional jobs and this trend changes over time. DATA: National election survey of 2004 contains information on class‚ caste background and current occupation. National sample survey data over years have been used to look at sectoral
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(Huntington‚ 1996‚ 184). In the late twentieth century the expansion of the West promoted both modernization and westernization if non Western societies. These societies responded‚ according to Huntington‚ in one of three ways: Embracing both modernization and westernization; Rejecting both; Embracing modernization and rejecting westernization. As a general rule‚ westernization and modernization seem to have a correlation. A non western society adopts to certain elements of western culture
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Modernization is very important to advance the economy and image of any country‚ however modernization is characterized by an increase in education‚ quality of life‚ and urbanization. These characteristics create a social climate that calls for democratic practices such as separation of powers‚ fair elections
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However‚ not everyone was fond of the idea of modernization. Mary Shelly feared the consequences of industrialisation‚ on humans whose body‚ mind‚ and spirit depends on the natural world. Which is why her novel ‘Frankenstein’‚ could be seen as a warning against careless progress‚ and an example of where the Industrial Revolution
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The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast the modernization and dependency theories. It then attempts to determine which theory explains what is going wrong in developing countries. The essay begins by defining theory. Secondly‚ it defines the modernization and dependency theories and their examples that attempt to offer an explanation on what is going wrong in developing countries. A conclusion is finally drawn to summarize the comparisons and contrast between the two theories. Theory
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Bibliography: Billet‚ Bret L 1993 Modernization Theory and Economic Development: Discontent in the Developing World. Westport‚ Conn: Praeger. Eisenstadt‚ S. N. 1966 Modernization: Protest and Change. Englewood Cliffs‚ N.J.: Prentice-Hall. Frank‚ Andre Gunder 1966 "The Development of Underdevelopment." Monthly Review 18(4):17–31. Harrison‚ David 1988 The Sociology of Modernization and Development. London: Unwin Hyman. Lerner‚ Daniel 1958 The Passing of Traditional
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The country of Japan was originally a region that was isolated from the rest of the world. Laws set in place by the Japanese government served the purpose of separating Japan from the other countries of the world. The act of trading with foreign countries was strictly forbidden‚ and traveling abroad was a crime that was punishable by death. This isolation from the rest of the world would prove to be an issue for Japan. With their inferior technology‚ they fell victim to the imperialism of the western
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Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times is a satire of the modernization and industrialization of society during the great depression. It is a tragic socio-political comedy that reveals the harsh living conditions of the time. The movie represents Chaplin’s critique of the period’s industrialization. To Chaplin‚ modernization reduced the workers to mere extensions of the machinery they worked with. Modern Times’ use of sound enhanced this critique against the dehumanizing qualities of industrialization
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Henchard‚ a man relying on the traditional way of life and Farfrae‚ a man intrigued by modern ideas‚ illustrate the inevitability that progress and modernization will overcome tradition. The conflict of tradition versus modernization is shown through Henchard and Farfrae’s contrasting approaches to business‚ their contrasting attitudes toward modernization and their changing roles in Casterbridge society. The contrast between Henchard and Farfrae’s business attitudes demonstrates the conflict between
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Essay: To what extent was Japan modernized by 1920s? Modernization is a process by which human beings progress in political‚ economic‚ social‚ intellectual and military aspects for the betterment of society as a whole. In the early 20th century‚ Japan achieved different levels of modernization in political‚ social‚ economic and cultural aspects. Although Japan still kept many traditional beliefs‚ it was the most modernized country in Asia at that time. Here‚ I will evaluate to what extent was
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