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Modernization Theory:Background
Emerged in the US during the 1950s and ‘60s…
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Modernization Theory:Background
Following the end of World War II
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Modernization Theory:Background
Three major developments following WWII New development institutions and
development emphasis Wave of newly independent countries Emergence of the Cold War and US Anti-
Communism
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New development institutions and development emphasis
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) 1944
Recovery of Europe Poor, middle-
income countries United Nations
Development Program 1965
Democratic governance
Poverty reduction
Wave of newly independent countries
Post-WWII dismantling of the European colonial empires
Promoting democracy and blocking spread of communism
Communist threat Czechoslovakia "fell" to
the communists in 1948
Soviets closed down Berlin followed by US airlift 1949.
1949 China-Communist
Vietnam, by 1947Ho Chi Minh leading communists in a civil war against France—Vietnam War
Korea free from Japanese colonialism divided at 38th parallel into communist North and capitalist South. Korean War 1950-53
Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress
1961 Latin America 10-year, multi-billion $ foreign aid program promote economic growth and political reform long-term goal—countering Communism
Modernization Theory: Background
Promoting democracy and blocking spread of communism
Massive US aid across the “bamboo curtain” Taiwan
(Nationalist) South Korea
Modernization Theory Coincided with Behavioral Revolution
Spearheaded in 1950s by advocates of more social scientific, empirical approach focusing on individual behavior not constitutional doc’s, legal texts
Lipset, Political Man, published 1960 For behavioralists interested in
individual-level political behavior, survey research became the methodology of
choice.
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Modernization Theory:Key Elements
Individual level of analysis Premised on common perception of
Anglo-Saxon (esp’ly US) experience
Wealth education/middle class modern values democracy
Povertylack of education traditional values authoritarianism
Note dichotomy between “modern” and “traditional” 10
Dichotomy between modern & traditional (version 1)
Modern values Traditional values achievement-oriented ascriptive rule/merit-based reliance on personal ties active passive rational non-rational, superstitious
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Modernization Theory: Lipset’s version
Econ development Wealth Industrialization Urbanization Education
modern values Lipset’s stories
democracy
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Modernization Theory
As you can see, We still need to explain wealth vs. poverty
Stay tuned for next week
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Modernization Theory: Ronald Inglehart’s Version
Dichotomy between modern & traditional (version 2)
Civic culture attitudes Traditional attitudes
trust distrust satisfaction low satisfaction
competence low competence
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