ABSTRACT
After a period of relative confidence about the future of modernizing societies, scholars are now questioning with renewed urgency the directions of the modernization trend. This book, the result of nearly a decade of collaborative efforts by scholars in twelve countries, examines the modernization process with particular attention to how it is aff
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|72 pages
Modernization Theory: Frameworks and Issues
part 2|121 pages
Aspects of Change: Special Factors and Concepts
part 3|71 pages
Case Studies: Modernization, Quality of Life, and Solidarities