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Modernization theory

About: Modernization theory is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 14641 publications have been published within this topic receiving 232469 citations.


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02 May 2004
TL;DR: The Future of Social Theory brings together new interviews with the world's leading social theorists on what society means today: Zygmunt Bauman, John Urry, Saska Sassen, Bruno Latour, Scott Lash, Nikolas Rose, Judith Butler and Francoise Verges as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The basic concept of society has come under attack - political acts, critical theory, new media and even history itself have undermined what we think of as the social. The Future of Social Theory brings together new interviews with the world's leading social theorists on what society means today: Zygmunt Bauman, John Urry, Saska Sassen, Bruno Latour, Scott Lash, Nikolas Rose, Judith Butler and Francoise Verges. The topics covered include: liquid modernization and the individualization of the society; the shift towards global forms of chaos and complexity; the displacement of the social into global city networks; the shift away from a theory of the social to a theory of space; the transformation of society with the rise of new technology; the continuing influence of historical forms of political power; society as a gendered idea; and society as a product of Empire.

68 citations

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01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: A Century of Reform and Revolution Guide to Further Research Select Bibliography Index as discussed by the authors is a collection of articles from the 1990s and 2000s about modern Iran, including the Pahlavi revolution, the White Revolution, and the Islamic Republic.
Abstract: Acknowledgements Glossary Chronology of Modern Iran Map 1. Introduction 2. Reza Khan and the Establishment of the Pahlavi State 3. Reza Shah: Modernisation and Tradition, 1926-41 4. Political Pluralism and the Ascendancy of Nationalism, 1941-53 5. The Consolidation of Power, 1953-60 6. The 'White Revolution' 7. Towards the Great Civilisation 8. Revolution, War and 'Islamic Republic' 9. Conclusion: A Century of Reform and Revolution Guide to Further Research Select Bibliography Index

68 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a new discipline, development ethics, has been proposed, which is based on the relation of having goods and being good in the pursuit of the good life, what are the foundations of a just society, and what stance should societies adopt towards nature.
Abstract: States that “development” has long been equated with modernization and western‐ization and studied as a straightforward economic issue. Reports that the discipline of economics has been the main source of policy prescription for development decision makers and that this view is now widely criticized as ethnocentric and as economically reductionist. Reveals that change is occurring: economics itself is reintegrating ethics in its conceptualization, methodology, and analysis; a new paradigm of development is in gestation; and a new discipline, development ethics, has come into being. Explains that development ethics centres its study of development on the value questions posed: what is the relation of having goods and being good in the pursuit of the good life, what are the foundations of a just society, and what stance should societies adopt towards nature? Thinks that the new discipline emerges from two sources, which are now converging: from engagement in development action to the formulation of ethical theory, and from a critique of mainstream ethical theory to the crafting of normative strategies to guide development practice. Concludes that development ethics has a dual mission: to render the economy more human and to keep hope alive in the face of the seeming impossibility of achieving human development for all.

68 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the socioeconomic and technological development of Arctic regions of the Russian Federation in the context of a modernizing world is analyzed, and the methodological basis of the comparative analysis is the concept of primary and secondary modernization or integrated modernization for developing countries.
Abstract: This paper deals with the socioeconomic and technological development of Arctic regions of the Russian Federation in the context of a modernizing world. The methodological basis of the comparative analysis is the concept of primary and secondary modernization or integrated modernization for developing countries.

68 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20241
20231,630
20223,824
2021370
2020573
2019604