Modernization Theory

Question 1

THE ORIGIN OF MODERNISATION THEORY IS TRACEABLE TO THE

Answer 1

1950s and 1960s

Question 2

MODERNISATION THEORY EMERGED WHEN WESTERN SOCIAL SCIENTISTS BEGAN TO DEVELOP MODELS THAT WILL SUIT THE?

Answer 2

NEWLY INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES IN SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Question 3

WhAt is modernisation

Answer 3

MODERNISATION GENERALLY IMPLIES A PROCESS OF CHANGE TOWARDS THOSE TYPES OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS WHICH HAD DEVELOPED IN WESTERN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA FROM THE 17TH CENTURY AND HAD SPREAD TO OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES

Question 4

ASSUMPTIONS OF MODERNISATION THEORY

Answer 4

1. THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES CAN NEVER DEVELOP DUE TO THEIR VALUES, NORMS, BEHAVIOURS AND INSTITUTIONS ARE ANTI-THETICAL TO DEVELOPMENT
2. THE YARDSTICK AND STANDARDS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES ARE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES OF NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE
3. TO DEVELOP, THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES SHOULD FOLLOW THE SAME PATH OF POLITICAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT THE ADVANCED COUNTRIES ONCE FOLLOWED

Question 5

CRITICISMS OF MODERNISATION THEORY

Answer 5

1. ALMOST ALL THE MODERNISATION SCHOLARS WERE EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS. THEREFORE, ITS ASSUMPTIONS HAVE RACIST UNDERTONE
2. DEVELOPMENT MUST NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW THE PATTERN OF AMERICA’S DEVELOPMENT. FOR EXAMPLES, TAIWAN, SOUTH KOREA, CHINA, INDIA AND SO ON ACHIEVED SUCCESS NOT IN THE SAME WAY AMERICA AND WESTERN EUROPE DID IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT. THAT MEANS THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE WAYS THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES CAN ATTAIN DEVELOPMENT