Modernization theory -- the belief that industrialization and economic development lead directly to positive social and political change -- has been a subject of intense scholarly and policy interest ...

During the 1960s, Levy was best known for his writing on modernization theory. His two-volume study "Modernization and the Structure of Societies" remains as the most systematic statement of that ...

It is obvious, then, why political modernization in China was not followed ... we can be sure the next installment of Fukuyama’s theory will be no different in its essentials from the first.

The need for technology modernization was never clearer. However, what wasn’t so clear was the path to this modernization. Should the enterprise rip up and replace the entire system or ...

Valori: Chinese modernization is a major innovation in the theory and practice of global modernization. There is neither a single model of modernization nor a universally applicable standard of ...

It is the product of the combination of socialist theory and the Chinese path to modernization practice aimed at organically integrating traditional culture with modern practices. This shows the ...