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Modernization theory
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01 Jan 1991
TL;DR: In this article, Calinescu and Tismaneanu discuss the early times of Romanians of Transylvania and the development of the Romanians' economy, social classes, political structures, and the rise of national consciousness.
Abstract: Part 1 Early times: origins - Thracians, Dacians, and Romans. "The Seal of Rome", the Dark Ages - rise of a people. Part 2 The Middle Ages (c. 1300-1716): society - was there a Romanian feudalism? the economy, social classes, political structures, the Romanians of Transylvania "International status and foreign policy" - foreign policy goals, means and methods, the international status of the principalities "Medieval Civilization - Byzantium after Byzantium" - the cultural setting, cultural institutions, literature, ideas, and the arts. Part 3 Despotism and enlightenment (1716-1831): "Phanariots and Habsburgs" - the phanariot period, economy and social life, social classes, the Habsburgs in Transylvania "Reform and Revolution" - enlightened despotism, the Boyar reforms, the age of revolutions "Enlightenment and Nationalism" - between east and west, the Romanian enlightenment, the rise of national consciousness. Part 4 The age of national revival (1831-1918): "Capitalism and Modernization" - the economy, from crafts to large industry, commerce, social structure, politics, institutions, and the power structure political life - domestic policy, foreign, World War I and the formation of Greater Romania "National Culture" - civilization, cultural modernization, ideological movements. Part 5 From Greater Romania to popular democracy (1918-47): "Greater Romania" - the political regime, the economy, society "The authoritarian Regimes" - the royal dictatorship, the national legionary state, the military dictatorship "From Authoritarianism to Totalitarianism" - the international context, the communist takeover, the people's democracy. Part 6 Communism in Romania (1948-83): "From Stalinism to Detente at Home and Abroad" - the Stalinist model - economy, politics, culture, foreign policy and the beginnings of liberalization "The Rise of Neo-Stalinism" - detente, the cult of personality and dynastic socialism. Part 7 Romania in the mid-1980s: economic performance, the standard of living, the role of the ruling class, societal responses. Epilogue: the 1989 Revolution and the collapse of Communism in Romania, Matei Calinescu and Vladimir Tismaneanu.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between the political system and the public administration modernization in the Hungarian transition and pointed out that there are various shortcuts and bottlenecks of the Hungarian modernization and the cumulative impacts of these deficiencies have caused characteristic difference of Hungarian modernization trajectory from the typical Western trajectories.
Abstract: The paper examines the relationship between the political system and the public administration modernization in the Hungarian transition. Its intention is to point out that there are various shortcuts and bottlenecks of the Hungarian modernization and the cumulative impacts of these deficiencies have caused characteristic difference of the Hungarian modernization trajectory from the typical Western trajectories.
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01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: The evolution of local government in Britain can be traced back to the early 1832s and the early 20th century, see as discussed by the authors for a detailed overview of the evolution of the local government system.
Abstract: 1. Local government before 1832 2. The impact of industrialisation 3. Compromise and confusion: the ad hoc local governments of mid-Victorian Britain 4. Municipal government to its zenith 5. Restructuring local government 6. The turning point: growth with decline 7. The slow road to 'modernisation' 8. War and social democracy 9. 'Modernising' the system 1951-79 10. Professionalism and alienation 11. Thatcher and Major 12. New Labour 13. Accounting for the evolution of local government in Britain Appendices Bibliography Index -- .
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the emergent tensions arising from the participation of mutual-aid orientated voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) within a modernized sport delivery system in England.
Abstract: This article provides an exploration of the emergent tensions arising from the participation of mutual-aid orientated voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) within a modernized sport delivery system in England. The analysis identifies the tenets of the New Labour government's ‘modernisation project’, the meaning of modernization for VSC organization and operation and the extent to which opposing pressures are negotiated within VSCs. The analysis is informed by a range of public documents produced by government and by 28 semi-structured interviews with VSC members and senior key stakeholders. These interviews were conducted in one English county using a stratified sample to assess the extent to which the mutual aid/modernization dichotomy impacts on the role of the VSC as sport policy implementer. The conclusions indicate that modernization is altering the structure within which VSCs sit as well as shaping both external and internal expectations of those volunteering within VSCs. The article finally considers some ...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of globalization on individual life courses and employment careers and the resulting changes in patterns of social inequality in modern societies are examined. But the results from the GLOABLIFE study indicate that the changes induced by globalization have not yet led to identical results at the national level.
Abstract: This article deals with the effects of globalization on individual life courses and employment careers and the resulting changes in patterns of social inequality in modern societies. Empirically, we draw back to results from the international research project GLOBALIFE which studied the effects of globalization on modern life courses for the first time. The results show that the effects of globalization on individual life courses show marked differentiation with regards to specific life course phases: while especially the employment of mid-career men remained considerably stable under globalization, the careers of young adults, mid-career women as well as late-career workers underwent significant alterations. At the same time, results from the GLOABLIFE study indicate that the changes induced by globalization have not yet led to identical results at the national level. Globalization appears to be differentially filtered by deeply embedded and path-dependent national institutions. These “institutional packages” entail variable forms of labour market “flexibilisation” which themselves differentially shape patterns of social inequality in modern societies: While Scandinavian countries have largely succeeded in limiting an increase in social inequality under globalization through active public welfare engagement, globalization has led to a significant amplification of social inequalities in other regime types, either between labour market insiders and outsiders (in conservative and Southern European countries) or between individuals with different human capital resources (in liberal countries).
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