Ideas about what it means to be modern are soon dated. Not so long ago theories were in vogue claiming that a “scientific-technical revolution” was under way that would lead to a single type of ...

This article argues that critical scholarship in historical studies has not overcome the methodological limits of modernization theory for failing to question the ontological principles that construct ...

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 ...

Despite years of academic critique based on empirical refutation, modernization theory continues to provide the conceptual foundation for a significant share of community development in the Third ...

The lecturer was Professor Wang Yiwei from Renmin University of China (RUC). The following is just some part of that very informative lecture. “China is endeavoring to build itself into a stronger ...

The shared history of modernisation between Arabs and Americans was expounded at a recent lecture at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q). At the event, Professor Nathan J Citino shared insights from ...

Wang Meng delivers a lecture on Chinese culture at the University of Brasilia in Brazil on May 22, 2018. [Photo/Chinaculture.org] At the University of Brasilia in Brazil, famous Chinese writer Wang ...