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| Modernization Theories and the Study of Development Today: A Critical Analysis |
Mazi Mbah, C.C. and Dr. Ojukwu, U.G
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Abstract:
The topic modernization theories and the study of development today: A critical analysis is an interrogation of the relevance of these theories of development to current realities in different societies. The study adopted historical/descriptive method and modernization theory as its theoretical framework of analysis. It found that the theories of modernization are still relevant as of today in the study of development. But its Western Anglo-American values bias is a burden on its continued relevance to the study of development in different societies. The study came to the conclusion that the criticisms against modernization theories led to the emergence of dependency theory in studying development. Therefore, the study recommends that the theories of modernization must play down Western Anglo-American value bias for their proponents to be at breast with current state of affairs in Non-Western Societies
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