History of modernisation theory | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-28

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00:01:00 1 Earliest expressions of the theory
00:04:54 2 Contributors
00:06:28 3 Case studies
00:06:37 3.1 United States
00:08:04 3.2 Germany's "Sonderweg"
00:11:09 3.3 19th-century France
00:12:14 3.3.1 Greece
00:13:26 3.4 Asia
00:13:49 3.4.1 China
00:19:51 3.4.2 South Korea
00:22:43 3.4.3 Japan
00:26:36 3.4.4 Turkey
00:27:01 3.5 Latin America
00:27:49 3.6 Africa



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This article delineates the history of modernisation theory. Modernisation refers to a model of a progressive transition from a 'pre-modern' or 'traditional' to a 'modern' society. The theory looks at the internal factors of a country while assuming that, with assistance, "traditional" countries can be brought to development in the same manner more developed countries have. Modernisation theory attempts to identify the social variables that contribute to social progress and development of societies, and seeks to explain the process of social evolution. Modernisation theory is subject to criticism originating among socialist and free-market ideologies, world-systems theorists, globalisation theorists and dependency theorists among others. Modernisation theory not only stresses the process of change, but also the responses to that change. It also looks at internal dynamics while referring to social and cultural structures and the adaptation of new technologies.