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 is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The literature on women's role in economic and political development, and on the impact of development policies on women, illuminates both the ...

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 ...

Over the years scholars have tried to analyze Korean society with overarching theories including the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Marxist development theory and modernization theory. But ...

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 ...

Prof Cheng Meidong of Peking University's School of Marxism delivered a lecture on the "Chinese Path to Modernisation under the New Era" at the Civil Service College today. The lecture is part of the ...

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 ...

China has deeply integrated into the global economy and risen to be the world’s second-largest economy over recent decades. The country has made unremitting efforts to contribute to the development of ...