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Modernization Sociology (Autosaved)
Modernization Sociology (Autosaved)
THEORY
Aunjanue’ Waite
Samoya Gordon
Zandria Morris
Donoie Wright
Briana Hilton
Tameka Palmer
Modernization is a process of social change that is
based on scientific approach and logic
According to S.C Dubey; “Modernization is a
process that explains the change from traditional or
semi conventional stage to any desired forms of
technology and the nature, values, motivations and
social normative rules of the social structure
attached to them.”
Characteristics of Modernization
TENETS OF
MODERNIZATION
TALCOTT PARSONS ( CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
HE PRESENTED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
TWO SOCIETIES ( TRADITIONAL AND MODERN
TENETS OF
MODERNIZATION
W.W. ROSTOW ( ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
CRITISMS
It is ethnocentric as it
1. DEVATES TRADITIONAL VALUES AND SOCIAL
INSTITUTIONS (EXTENDED FAMILY)
2. IGNORES INCREASING INEQUALITY WITHIN AND
BETWEEN COUNTRIES
3. ASSUMES UNLIMITED NATURAL RESOURCES FOR
INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION
MODERNIZATION
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