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Page 1: Modernization Theory: Background  Emerged in the US during the 1950s and ‘60s… 1

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

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Wave of newly independent countries

Post-WWII dismantling of the European colonial empires

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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

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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

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Modernization Theory: Background

Promoting democracy and blocking spread of communism

Massive US aid across the “bamboo curtain” Taiwan

(Nationalist) South Korea

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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

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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

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Dichotomy between modern & traditional (version 2)

Civic culture attitudes Traditional attitudes

trust distrust satisfaction low satisfaction

competence low competence

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Your turn to become a behavioralist http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/