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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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TL;DR: In this article, the congruence of political, social, and economic aspects of development has been discussed, and a re-test of Lipset's hypotheses is presented.
Abstract: Ginsburg, Norton. 1961 Atlan of Economic Development. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Huntington, Samuel P. 1965 "Political development and political decay." World Politics 17 (April) :386-430. Lerner, Daniel. 1958 The Passing of Traditional Society. Glencoe: The Free Press. Lenski, Gerhard E. 1966 Power and Privilege: A Theory of Social Stratification. New York: McGraw-Hill. Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1960 Political Man. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co. Marsh, Robert M. and William L. Parish. 1965 "Modernization and communism: a re-test of Lipset's hypotheses." American Sociological Review 30 (December) :934-942. von der Mehden, Fred R. 1964 Politics of the Developing Nations. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall. Nettl, J. P. 1967 Political Mobilization. New York: Basic Books. Pye, Lucian W. (ed.). 1963 Communications and Political Development. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Riggs, Fred W. n.d. "The comparison of whole political systems." University of Minnesota Center for Comparative Political Analysis, mimeographed. Rostow, W. W. 1960 The Stages of Economic Growth. London: Cambridge University Press. Russett, Bruce M., et al. 1964 World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press. Sawyer, Jack. 1967 "Dimensions of nations: size, wealth, and politics." The American Journal of Sociology 73 (September) :145-172. de Schweinitz, Karl, Jr. 1964 Industrialization and Democracy. New York: The Free Press. Shannon, Lyle W. 1958 "Is level of development related to capacity for self-government?" American Journal of Economics and Sociology 17 (July): 367-382. 1959 "Socio-economnic development and political status." Social Problems 7 (Fall):157-169. Simpson, Dick. 1964 "The congruence of political, social, and economic aspects of development." International Development Review 6 (June): 21-25.

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TL;DR: The law may be seen as a set of general principles through which political authority and the state (however constituted) attempt to legitimize the social institutions and norms of conduct which they find valuable.
Abstract: Perhaps the most intransigent problem in the recent history of Indian society remains an adequate understanding of the processes of social change which took place under colonialism. As the continunig controversies within, as much as between, the traditions of modernization theory, Marxism, and the underdevelopment theory make plain, the Indian historical record is peculiarly difficult to grasp with conventional sociological concepts. In the study of Western European society, a focus on the evolution of legal ideas and institutions has proved a useful entry point to social history.The law may be seen to represent a set of general principles through which political authority and the state (however constituted) attempt to legitimize the social institutions and norms of conduct which they find valuable. As such, its history reflects the struggle in society to assume, control or resist this authority. Its study should help to reveal the nature of the forces involved in the struggle and to suggest the implications for social development of the way in which, at any one time, their struggle was resolved. The condition of the law may be seen to crystallize the condition of society. This, of course, could be said of any governing institution. But where the law becomes uniquely valuable is in that, because of its social function, the struggle around it is necessarily expressed in terms of general statements of principle rather than particular statements of private and discrete interest. At the most fundamental level, these principles demarcate the rules on which the contending parties seek to build their versions of society and provide useful clues to their wider, often undisclosed, positions.

265 citations

Book
10 Jul 2005
TL;DR: Wilson as mentioned in this paper argues that it is not primarily economic problems that have made it so difficult to develop meaningful democracy in the former Soviet world, but a unique post-Bolshevik culture of political technology that is the main obstacle to better governance in the region, to real popular participation in public affairs, and to the modernization of the political economy in the longer term.
Abstract: States like Russia and Ukraine may not have gone back to totalitarianism or the traditional authoritarian formula of stuffing the ballot box, cowing the population and imprisoning the opposition--or not obviously. But a whole industry of "political technology" has developed instead, with shadowy private firms and government "fixers" on lucrative contracts dedicated to the black arts of organizing electoral success. This book uncovers the sophisticated techniques of the "virtual" political system used to legitimize post-Soviet regimes: entire fake parties, phantom political rivals and "scarecrow" opponents. And it exposes the paramount role of the mass media in projecting these creations and in falsifying the entire political process. Wilson argues that it is not primarily economic problems that have made it so difficult to develop meaningful democracy in the former Soviet world. Although the West also has its "spin doctors," dirty tricks, and aggressive ad campaigns, it is the unique post-Bolshevik culture of "political technology" that is the main obstacle to better governance in the region, to real popular participation in public affairs, and to the modernization of the political economy in the longer term.

263 citations

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TL;DR: Mol and Sonnenfeld as discussed by the authors reviewed the ecological modernisation theory and argued that the modernisation of domestic consumption can be seen as a form of "ecological modernisation".
Abstract: Introduction 1. Arthur P.J. Mol and David A. Sonnenfeld, "Ecological Modernisation Theory around the world: an introduction" Theoretical Perspectives 2. Arthur P.J. Mol and Gert Spaargaren, "Ecological modernisation in debate: a review" 3. Gert Spaargaren and Bas J.M. van Vliet, "Lifestyles, consumption and the environment. The ecological modernisation of domestic consumption" 4. Maurie Cohen, "Ecological modernisation, environmental knowledge, and national character" Case Studies from Around the World Advanced Industrial Countries 5. David Pellow, Allan Schnaiberg, and Adam Weinberg, "Putting the ecological modernisation thesis to the test: the promises and performance of urban recycling" (USA) 6. Pekka Jokinen, "Europeanisation and ecological modernisation: agri-environmental policy and practices in Finland" Transitional Economies 7. Leonardus Rinkevicius, "Ecological modernisation as cultural politics: transformations of the civic environmental activism in Lithuania" 8. Zsuzsa Gille, "Legacy of waste or wasted legacy? The end of industrial ecology in postsocialist Hungary" Developing Countries 9. David A. Sonnenfeld, "Contradictions of ecological modernisation: pulp and paper manufacturing in South-East Asia" 10. Jos Frijns, Phung Thuy Phuong and Arthur P.J. Mol, "Ecological modernisation theory and industrialising economies: the case of Viet Nam"

261 citations


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