Social Change and Modernity Edited By Hans Haferkamp and Neil J. Smelser UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley Los Angeles Oxford © 1992 The Regents of the University of California INTRODUCTION Hans Haferkamp and Neil J. Smelser Haferkamp is grateful to Angelika Schade for her fruitful comments and her helpful assistance in editing this volume and to Geoff Hunter for translating the first German version of parts of the Introduction; Smelser has profited from the research assistance and
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CHINA’S NEW CONCEPT FOR DEVELOPMENT Jiyao Bi1 INTRODUCTION In the first 20 years of the 21st century China is entering a new development stage to comprehensively build a prosperous society and to accelerate its modernization drive. China views these two decades as a period of great strategic opportunity which should be pursued vigourously. From an international perspective, peace and development remain the central themes of our era, and China is working to achieve this peaceful environment for
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Scott Mainwaring who is now director of the Institute. Introduction The end of the Cold War provided a major shock for scholars of politics and policy in at least two respects. First, it provided a classic example of the limitations of both social and policy sciences predictive capacity. Few foresaw, let alone predicted, the tumultuous events that marked the end of the decade. Second, those events simultaneously dislodged the organizing principle—the foundation—upon which much of the study
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growth Need for growth Advantages of growth Limitations of growth Forms of growth 10.6.1 Organic growth 10.6.2 Inorganic growth Meaning of growth strategy Types of growth strategies 10.8.1 Intensive Growth strategy 10.8.2 Diversification 10.8.3 Modernization 10.8.4 Merger 10.8.5 Joint Venture Crisis in Business Growth Summary Glossary Self Assessment Questions Further Readings 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.0 INTRODUCTION In earlier units we discussed the processes involved in
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socioeconomic changes in the way of life of an entire civilization. By no means was it a homogeneous collection of peoples, but rather a mosaic of diverse indigenous folk, African descendants, Europeans, and peoples of every possible mixed ethnic makeup. This is the story of modernization imposed by the Eurocentric elites, forever leaving its mark on the social and cultural construct of Latin America. Historian, Bradford Burns, in his work the Poverty of Progress concludes it was modernization that led
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In times of change, generations may be torn between the choice of tradition and modernization. New values are formed and the older generation may realize that change is inevitable and relations are temporary, leading to their self-isolation. In the novel Kokoro written by Natsume Soseki and translated by Edwin McClellan, the author shows the internal conflict among generations as well as the individual. He creates a contrast between tradition and modernity as well as the ever fleeting and impermanent
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foreign outsourcing. China was consumed by this injustice until well after the Second World War when Mao Zedong introduced Communism adapted from the U.S.S.R, and created an autocratic socialist system which imposes firm constraints upon the Chinese social, political and economic system. It wasn't until the 1980's China's following leader Deng Xiaoping who focused focused on developing China into a market operated economy and by the 21st century the economy has improved tremendously, improving the standard
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instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713429222 The China Model: can it replace the Western model of modernization? Suisheng Zhao Online publication date: 28 April 2010 To cite this Article Zhao, Suisheng(2010) 'The China Model: can it replace the Western model of modernization?', Journal of Contemporary China, 19: 65, 419 — 436 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/10670561003666061 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10670561003666061
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BEHAVIORAL INFLUENCE OF MODERNIZATION ON THE CULTURE OF AUSTRALIA Over the years, technology in many ways has crept into the society having a huge moral hold on decision-making and our culture. The purpose of the study is to stimulate a reflection on the relationship between modernization and culture. My case study will examine the general behavior over time of Australians, through the regular monitoring of their Sources of information and technological advancement throughout this time, asking the
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famine to economic growth The classic theory of modernization has its origins in the 1950`s, a post-war period which challenged strategists to investigate the problems faced by the underdeveloped countries, in their attempt to provide aid programs and technological assistance and promote long-term economic growth and political stability. Typical traditional societies were analyzed in the processes through which they should develop into modern social structures by following an unidirectional path similar
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