Despite years of academic critique based on empirical refutation, modernization theory continues to provide the conceptual foundation for a significant share of community development in the Third ...

https://doi.org/10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.7.2.0285 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.13169/worlrevipoliecon.7.2.0285 Copy URL This article deconstructs the theory ...

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A think tank report on a new vision of civilizations with development at its core has sparked discussions among scholars from home and abroad.

According to traditional theories of development, the path to prosperity for emerging economies is to follow in the tracks of developed nations. The theory goes that if countries wish to become ...