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Environmental Sociology, 2022
Ecological modernization refers to the process of resolving ecological crises through radical improvements in resource efficiency and the substitution of environmentally harmful industrial processes for less harmful ones without undermining economic ...
Dylan Bugden
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Ecological modernization refers to the process of resolving ecological crises through radical improvements in resource efficiency and the substitution of environmentally harmful industrial processes for less harmful ones without undermining economic ...
Dylan Bugden
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How modernization theory has stumbled in China: A political interception perspective
Democratization, 2022Economic development fails to greatly increase demand for liberal democracy in China. Is China an exception to modernization theory? If so, why? This paper studies these questions by analysing five waves of Asian Barometer Survey data from 2002 to 2019 ...
Yu Liu, Yu-Sung Su, Wenquan Wu
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Chinese Studies in History, 2009
Many theoretical propositions on modernization have appeared over the past several decades. The majority originated from the West and tend to contain misunderstandings and misinterpretations of the process of modernization around the world. They seem to rely too much on the Western experience, and on that of the United States in particular, as the ...
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Many theoretical propositions on modernization have appeared over the past several decades. The majority originated from the West and tend to contain misunderstandings and misinterpretations of the process of modernization around the world. They seem to rely too much on the Western experience, and on that of the United States in particular, as the ...
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Nationalities Papers, 2020
A theory of nationalism should explain the evidence provided by the historical record, but also provide unexpected insight. The modernist theory of nationalism, espoused among others by Benedict Anderson and Eric Hobsbawm, provides a surprising ...
Alexander Maxwell
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A theory of nationalism should explain the evidence provided by the historical record, but also provide unexpected insight. The modernist theory of nationalism, espoused among others by Benedict Anderson and Eric Hobsbawm, provides a surprising ...
Alexander Maxwell
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Why the confusion? Reasons and remedies for shortcomings and progress in modernization theory
Democratization, 2020Lipset’s “well-to-do” quote coined decades of debate on the interaction between economic performance and democracy. However, results remain preliminary and unsatisfying. Many authors report a strong relationship while others deny it.
Erik Fritzsche, A. Vogler
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Is China a Deviant Case? A Societal-Level Test of the Modernization Theory
Political Studies, 2020Some view China as a deviant case to the modernization theory. This view is based on two observations. First, the Chinese middle class shows no distinct democratic orientations. Second, one’s trust in the Chinese Communist Party regime rises as he or she
Y. Zhou
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Hotels and Highways: The Construction of Modernization Theory in Cold War Turkey
Fabrications, 2019It is a rewarding yet sobering experience to read Hotels and Highways: The Construction of Modernization Theory in Cold War Turkey, Begüm Adalet’s fascinating account of Turkey’s role in the rise of an intellectual titan— modernization theory—in ...
G. Baydar
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Clarification and Refinement of Modernization Theory: How the Global Economy Impacts Homicide Rates
Sociological Focus, 2019Studies of homicide that utilize modernization theory to explain cross-national variation suffer from a major shortcoming. Namely, they neglect the way in which nations currently develop.
Philip J. Levchak
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2016
Abstract This article examines the link between economic development and democracy. Drawing on modernization theory, it considers whether democracy is more likely to emerge in a country that modernizes economically. After discussing various criticisms against modernization theory, the article reviews statistical evidence to determine ...
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Abstract This article examines the link between economic development and democracy. Drawing on modernization theory, it considers whether democracy is more likely to emerge in a country that modernizes economically. After discussing various criticisms against modernization theory, the article reviews statistical evidence to determine ...
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2017
Modernization theory studies the process of social evolution and the development of societies. There are two levels of analysis in classical modernization theory: the microcosmic evaluations of modernization, which focuses on the componential elements of social modernization; and the macrocosmic studies of modernization focused on the empirical ...
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Modernization theory studies the process of social evolution and the development of societies. There are two levels of analysis in classical modernization theory: the microcosmic evaluations of modernization, which focuses on the componential elements of social modernization; and the macrocosmic studies of modernization focused on the empirical ...
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