Modernization theory on the routes of social economic development

Modernization theory on the routes of social economic development


Efremenko D.V.

Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia efdv@mail.ru

Meleshkina E.Yu.

Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia elenameleshkina@yandex.ru

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Efremenko D.V., Meleshkina E.Yu. Modernization theory on the routes of social economic development. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2014. No 6. P. 3-12




Abstract

Examines the development of Western thinkers to the theory of modernization in 1950-1960-ies. follow-up Analyses the evolution of ideas about modernization, the increasing interest in the diversity of socio-economic development. The main problem of contemporary debates about modernization is seen in the recognition/non-recognition of the normative model of modernity.


Keywords
modernization theory; socio-economic development; modern; traditional society
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