development projects experts who follow the modernization theory fail to implement and sustain development projects when they do not consult and involve project beneficiaries in the planning. At times‚ these projects even become a burden for beneficiary communities. External factors usually greatly influence development to the Third World. This paper suggests ways beneficiaries can participate in their projects. This paper will explain the origin of modernization theory‚ literature pertaining to the theory
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industrialized and expanded their global spheres of influence through imperialism and colonialism. The three players in this war of modernization: China‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and Japan‚ were confronted with the paramount need to modernize and adapt to this new reality of Western dominance or risk being colonized themselves. While all three pursued programs of reform and modernization‚ China and the Ottoman Empire were too little too late. Slowed by domestic conservative opposition to change‚ they were unable
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Conceptualizing the “Other”‚ Institutioinalized Discrimination‚ and Cultural Racism Masoud Kamali Department of Sociology University of Uppsala The legacy of Orientalism and creation of “the West and the rest” is deeply rooted in the Western intellectual traditions‚ educational institutions‚ and political systems‚ as well as in our seemingly “value-free” social sciences. In this note I identify category systems‚ value structures‚ and discourses – as elements of theories or paradigms – which serve
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to Sociology Final Essay Which of the following perspectives offers the most convincing explanation for the existence of global inequalities: modernization theory‚ dependency theory or world-systems theory? 4 July 2012 Which of the following perspectives offers the most convincing explanation for the existence of global inequalities: modernization theory‚ dependency theory or world-systems theory? Globalization has had both a positive and negative impact throughout the world. An interconnectedness
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is driver at a given time The resolution of synthesis of such conflict passes the way for the emergence of a new period Development Processes vis-a-vis S and T • Modernization • Developent of modern state and its attendant bureaucratic organizations • Development of capitalist economy • Globalization Modernization • process of social change • society moves from a primitive state towards an advanced and modern state • movement is unidirectional • it is desirable since it implies
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Nectar in a Sieve shows the impact of modernization on rural India through the story of Rukmani and her husband Nathan‚ and their struggle with the change that happened all around them‚ yet seemed to leave them behind. The book shows the effect that change had on their family‚ their village‚ and how it shaped their lives. Modernization played a significant role and had a big impact on family life‚ social and class division‚ and the land in rural India. Once the tannery moved into their small Indian
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lifestyle of foreign countries. Unfortunately‚ these activities expose the indigenous culture of one’s country to foreign influences which lead to cultural degradation. This paper and its researchers aim to identify the different effects of modernization through tourism on the Aeta Tribe’s culture in Marcos Village‚ Mabalacat‚ Pampanga in terms of their lifestyle and how it affects the country’s cultural preservation. Background of the Study Mabalacat became a town in 1712. It
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of isolation. During the 19th century‚ Japan and Korea were exposed to the threat of foreign powers‚ rapid modernization‚ economic progress‚ and an expansion of their social structure. The economic success attained by these two countries is impressive and well known. They both share common ideological traits‚ but also have different‚ unique pathways that brought themselves to modernization. Korea was different than Japan because of their highly centralized government. The Korean government had a
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Government was established in Nanjing in 1928‚ a period first possible for any modernization effort. That is‚ most of the modernization efforts‚ both externally and internally‚ which including diplomacy‚ financial‚ industry‚ education‚ of the Republican period (1912-49)‚ were done in the Nationalist Government period‚ from 1928-37‚ and subsequently disturbed and made impossible by the Sino-Japanese War. The external modernizations made by the Nanjing Government were unprecedented‚ which revealed by the
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Unit 5 332016 Written Assignment Unit 5: Global Inequality Global inequality is analyzed by sociologists in terms of three different theories: modernization theory‚ dependency theory and the theory of globalization. The dependency theory is viewed as a revolutionary ideology of Eurocentrism that is best expressed by modernization theory. Modernization theory is regarded as equally Eurocentric and has been so from the start of its implementation. With the failure of national development and the
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