Modernization  (tagged articles)

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Anxieties of the Modern World: Assessing the Risk Society Thesis

Nathanael Chouraqui - The core idea of this theory, which was first formulated by the sociologist Ulrich Beck in 1986, is that postmodern societies are oriented towards the idea of risk, defined as “a systematic way of dealing with hazards and insecurities induced and introduced by... Keep Reading »

The Odd Couple: Modernization and Democratization in Southeast Asia

Nicholas Anderson - Seymour Martin Lipset's, "the more well-to-do a nation, the greater chances that it will sustain democracy,"1 has set off over five decades of intense debate over the conditions most conducive to democratic transition and establishment. Variations of what has become... Keep Reading »

Singing in the Wilderness: Kuchi Nomads in Modern Afghanistan

Michelle Ker - The word kuchi conjures up a romantic but ultimately anachronistic lifestyle—tattooed women in red and gold embroidered dresses and men riding alongside flocks of goat and sheep; the reality, however, differs starkly. The past two decades of armed conflict, poverty... Keep Reading »

Understanding the Implications of a Global Village

Violet K. Dixon - Imagine the vast spectrum of all the cultures in the world. Listen to the music—from the gentle drum beats of Africa, to the melodic didgeridoo of Australia, to the scream of the electric guitar. Taste the curry from India, the coconut milk from Thailand, the... Keep Reading »
 
 

The keyword Modernization is tagged in the following 7 articles.

Sociological Theory
2016, Vol. 8 No. 10
Anxieties of the Modern World: Assessing the Risk Society Thesis
By Nathanael Chouraqui
This quote by the early 20th century Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran captures both the core idea and some of the implicit issues posed by what was later to be called the “risk society thesis” and was to have a massive impact on contemporary... Read Article »
Risk Society Speculative Theory Anxiety Terrorism Democracy Modernization Sociological Theory Ulrich Beck
Political Development
2011, Vol. 4 No. 2
The Odd Couple: Modernization and Democratization in Southeast Asia
By Nicholas Anderson
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
Seymour Martin Lipset's, "the more well-to-do a nation, the greater chances that it will sustain democracy,"1 has set off over five decades of intense debate over the conditions most conducive to democratic transition and establishment. Variations... Read Article »
Modernization Democracy Southeast Asia Democratization
Islamic Modernism
2010, Vol. 2 No. 05
Islamic Modernism: Responses to Western Modernization in the Middle East
By Yevgeniya Baraz
By the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, a large part of the Muslim world had begun to lose much of its cultural and political sovereignty to Christian occupiers from Europe. This came as a result of European trade missions during earlier... Read Article »
Islamic Modernism Islamic Modernization Westernization Arab Modernism Middle East Western Modernization
Afghanistan
2010, Vol. 3 No. 2
Singing in the Wilderness: Kuchi Nomads in Modern Afghanistan
By Michelle Ker
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
The word kuchi conjures up a romantic but ultimately anachronistic lifestyle—tattooed women in red and gold embroidered dresses and men riding alongside flocks of goat and sheep; the reality, however, differs starkly. The past two decades... Read Article »
Pastoralism Nomads Afghanistan Kuchi Modernization Nomadic Peoples
Globalization
2009, Vol. 1 No. 11
Understanding the Implications of a Global Village
By Violet K. Dixon
Imagine the vast spectrum of all the cultures in the world. Listen to the music—from the gentle drum beats of Africa, to the melodic didgeridoo of Australia, to the scream of the electric guitar. Taste the curry from India, the coconut milk... Read Article »
Global Village Globalization Modernization Westernization Dependency Theory Cultural Identity Humanitarianism World Order
Mexico
2007, Vol. 1 No. 1
Country of Contradictions: Mexico's Transition to Modernity
By Lauren Herget
Published by Cornell International Affairs Review
A country’s transition from Cold War-era third-world dependence into competitive, global autonomy is often a difficult and complicated process. Like many other developing nations today, Mexico is meeting its fair share of stumbling blocks... Read Article »
Mexico Modernization Democratization Mexican Politics Natural Resources
United Kingdom
2000, Vol. 1999/2000 No. 1
Essential Modernisation or Excessive Meddling? Labour, Wakeham and the Lords Reforms
By S.L. Garlick
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
Tony Blair has long been committed to the abolition of hereditary peers; the 1997 Labour Party Manifesto promised that this would happen. Labour knew that reform would be difficult and would upset many people of influence, so they took their time... Read Article »
United Kingdom British Politics Parliament Tony Blair Labour Party Modernization

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