Civilizing Processes-Myth or Reality? A Comment on Duerr’s Critique of Elias Author(s): Stephen Mennell and Johan Goudsblom Source: Comparative Studies in Society and History‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 4 (Oct.‚ 1997)‚ pp. 729-733 Published by: Cambridge University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/179366 Accessed: 21/09/2010 15:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s
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Chapter 7. COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES I. Introduction A. Background We are presently in the midst of one of the major technical revolutions in human history. The rise of “modern” societies during the last few centuries is the capital fact of recent history. The last five hundred years have witnessed technical changes of unprecedented scope and rapidity emanating from a small and heretofore unremarkable part of the world‚ Western Europe. In this Chapter we will try to put our finger on just how
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POSC 311 Essay 1 LDC Advisement: Modernization Theory vs Dependency Theory The path to modernization is one never clearly defined. The following report will attempt to analyze and critique our nation’s potential options concerning social and fiscal policy and use this information in an attempt to recommend future policy agenda. We will be dealing with primarily two theories on national (i.e. LDC) policy - modernization theory and dependency theory. Both have their own sets of costs and
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Morocco and Globalization Globalization is a recent concept that implies an opening of the commercial borders between countries. It has been imposed on developing countries by developed ones. It underlies a relation of “win-lose” between Western and Eastern economies. In the case of Morocco‚ it is a condition given by the United States of America to support Rabat politically. Morocco will in fact be benefiting from globalization; however‚ it will also suffer from the hidden sides of this
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Leslie White‚ author of The Evolution of Culture: The Development of Civilization to the Fall of Rome (1959)‚ attempted to create a theory explaining the entire history of humanity. The most important factor in his theory is technology: Social systems are determined by technological systems‚ wrote White in his book‚ echoing the earlier theory of Lewis Henry Morgan. As measure of society advancement‚ he proposed the measure of a society’s energy consumption. He differentiates between five stages of
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Culture convergence due to ‘modernization’ or ‘globalization’ Since early days‚ time and distance has become borderless as business entities begin to grow and spread their roots all over the world. It becomes unavoidable for one country without being any related to other countries in any business. Each and every individual have their own culture and being proud of it‚ but when the relation between two entities (individuals or countries) happens‚ the cultures may converge due to obtain mutual understanding
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Work in Pre-industrial‚ Industrial and Post-industrial era For this paper‚ we are going to look at 3 very different periods from the history. We concentrate on the work conditions‚ look at who has to work in the family and how inventions influence the production and selling processes. Also‚ name some jobs that were popular during these periods. First era is Pre-industrial era. Eventhough this period goes far back to the time when plough was invented (Concern Infotech Pvt. Ltd. 2010)‚ we are going
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SOCIOLOGY OF WORK ASSESSED COURSEWORK Student Registration No(s): 12011264 Module Title: People‚ Work and Organizations Module Leader: David Spicer Tutor: Jenny Allen Word count: 1011 words STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICITY: I have read the University Regulations relating to plagiarism and certify that the above piece of coursework is all my own work and does not contain any unacknowledged work from any other sources. Signed: ____________________________ Date: 30.11.2012 The social study
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In sociology‚ industrial society refers to a society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production‚ supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour. Such a structure developed in the west in the period of time following the Industrial Revolution‚ and replaced the agrarian societies of the Pre-modern‚ Pre-industrial age. Industrial societies are generally mass societies‚ and may be succeeded by an Information society. They are often contrasted to with the traditional
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Future of Modernization Axia College of University of Phoenix Modernization is a worldwide phenomenon‚ which is directly linked to whether or not a society is industrialized. Rich societies like the United States enjoy modernization to the fullest whereas‚ poorer societies like certain countries in Africa struggle just to meet basic life needs. According to Macionis (2006)‚ “Peter Berger identified four major characteristics of modernization: (1) The decline of small‚ traditional communities
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