Sociology / Unit 6 Soc 0872 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Modernization Theory
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The idea
Modernization theory explains global inequality as a difference in stage, holding that poorer nations advance by adopting the technology, institutions, and practices of industrialized ones.
In practice
On this account, low income reflects internal conditions a nation can change.
Where people slip
Critics answer that it treats one historical path as the only route and overlooks colonial history.
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