Martinelli Global Modernization

Rethinking the Project of Modernity
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84787-145-9
Verlag: SAGE Publications
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: SAGE Studies in International Sociology

The last decade has witnessed a revival of interest in the problems of modernity and modernization. In particular, three major processes have emerged as objects of debate:

" The transformations of capitalism manifested in globalization and

the unfolding of post-industrial society

" The rapid and strong economic development of countries outside the

West

" The political and economic transformations in the post-Soviet countries

of Eastern Europe

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martinelli, Alberto

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Modernization and Modernity
The Classic Theory of Modernization
Modernization of Traditional Third World Societies
Critiques of the Classic Theory of Modernization and Alternative Approaches
Modernity and its Future
Globalization and Modernity