Modernisation theory sees development as linear industrial progression from primitive to developed
Evidence
The traditional theory of economic development (modernisation theory) suggested that nations begin as undeveloped, primitive societies, and through industrialisation and development of governance institutions, transcend to developed status. A middle class forms as incomes grow and an export-orientation is then encouraged. — Fanny Pigeaud_ Ndongo Samba Sylla, Africa’s Last Colonial Currency, 11
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines modernisation theory as the framework the author will contrast with dependency theory.
- XREF: connects to: Transplanted philosophies operate differently depending on a countrys economic development stage — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2180; Cultural change can follow institutional change rather than precede it — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 2237; Colonial reform visions developed recursively rather than in linear sequence (+6 more)
Related
- Modernization theory located blockage to progress inside non-Western societies (similarity 0.88)
- More industrially developed countries display the future of less developed ones (similarity 0.82)
- Modernization theory attributed underdevelopment to internal cultural deficits in the colonized (similarity 0.79)
- The traditional-modern dichotomy obscures the pathologies of modernization. (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Colonial reform visions developed recursively rather than in linear sequence
#complicates(0.70) - Mature Marx employed structural rather than sequential causality
#complicates(0.65) - Transplanted philosophies operate differently depending on a countrys economic development stage
#complicates(0.60) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2180 - Cultural change can follow institutional change rather than precede it
#complicates(0.55) — , The Rod and the Child, 2237 - African socialism was criticized for seeking modernization through traditionalization
#corroborates(0.35)