Global Modernization - Rethinking the Project of Modernity

Klappentext 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 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

Product details

• Authors: Alberto Martinelli
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2005
• EAN: 9780761947998
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-4799-8
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Sage Studies in International Sociology; Sage Studies in International; Sage Studies in International Sociology; Sage Studies in International
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories