Ideas about what it means to be modern are soon dated. Not so long ago theories were in vogue claiming that a “scientific-technical revolution” was under way that would lead to a single type of ...

Modernization theory -- the belief that industrialization and economic development lead directly to positive social and political change -- has been a subject of intense scholarly and policy interest ...

Over the years scholars have tried to analyze Korean society with overarching theories including the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Marxist development theory and modernization theory. But ...

Public Performance & Management Review, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Sep., 2004), pp. 53-74 (22 pages) It has been a mainstay of administrative modernization theory that improved public service efficiency and ...

The lecturer was Professor Wang Yiwei from Renmin University of China (RUC). The following is just some part of that very informative lecture. “China is endeavoring to build itself into a stronger ...

The shared history of modernisation between Arabs and Americans was expounded at a recent lecture at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q). At the event, Professor Nathan J Citino shared insights from ...

The 22nd China Lecture was held here on Saturday, featuring more than 100 participants from diplomacy, universities and research institutions from China and Tunisia. Under the theme of "Deepen ...