Modernization theory is a theory that tends to explain why the white country are developing and why the third world country are underdeveloped.
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Modernization theory is a theory that tends to explain why the white country are developing and why the third world country are underdeveloped.
To answer this question, we need to first have an indepth knowledge of what Modernization is. Modernization deals with the social evolution of a society to a more developed society. It is mostly used to refer to the change in the social culture of the a less developed economy from the old and archaic way of doing things to the status of the economically advantageous countries popularly regarded as the "Western Countries".
The effect of modernization on majority of the developing countries can be explained thus;
Negative Effect of Modernization
1. MODERNIZATION IS WHAT THE WEST DEFINES IT TO BE: One effect of modernization on the developing world is that development (modernization) has no specific definition, hence, the scale of measurement of a modernized economy is what it is defined to be by the developed countries. This is one of the reason why most of the western world gives the benchmark for a country to be regarded as as a modernized economy, they therefore gives some stringest criteria to frustrate the developing countries which makes them feel inferior among their counterparts. Frustrating data particularly from IMF, World Bank sometimes do not help the situation
2. CORRUPTION: Modernization can be said to be one of the major reason for the prevalent level of corruptin in most African countries. This is because most people want to become like the West in terms of spending capacity, drive big cars, build unimaginable houses and also tour the world like they want without putting energy to also build the key areas of development as a result of the greedy desire for wealth. African leaders are tempted with huge amount of money by the West to get things to develop their own economy and country but because of the greedy nature of our leaders, they are blind to the danger of what they are doing to the future of country.
3. Helping the West Develop at the Detriment of their Development
4. Greediness:
5. Direct Influence
Positive Effective of Modernization
1. OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP
2. PASSPORT TO THE WORLD
3. ENJOYMENT OF CERTAIN PRIVILEGES
4. GLOBAL VILLAGE
5. INNOVATION
Modernization seems to have two main phases. Up to a certain point in its course, it carries the institutions and values of society along with it, in what is generally regarded as a progressive, upward movement. Initial resistance to modernization may be sharp and prolonged, but it is generally doomed to failure. Beyond some point, however, modernization begins to breed discontent on an increasing scale. This is due in part to rising expectations provoked by the early successes and dynamism of modern society. Groups tend to make escalating demands on the community, and these demands become increasingly difficult to meet. More seriously, modernization on an intensified level and on a world scale brings new social and material strains that may threaten the very growth and expansion on which modern society is founded. In this second phase, modern societies find themselves faced with an array of new problems whose solutions often seem beyond the competence of the traditional nation-state. At the same time, the world remains dominated by a system of just such sovereign nation-states of unequal strengths and conflicting interests.(Britannica.com)
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