Impact Of Modernization On American Culture

Many nonindustrial cultures may be influenced or forced to adapt their ways of life because of changes around them or in their environment (H351). When nonindustrial cultures adopt the characteristics of more industrial societies this is known as modernization. The conformity of modernization is encouraged by industrial capitalist societies and the societies who choose to follow their own traditional roots are looked down upon as they are viewed to be more primitive. Modernization consists of four sub processes: technological development, agricultural development, industrialization, and urbanization (360). The outcome of modernization can be positive, but it can also produce negative results. In the past modernization has destroyed culture’s
Many women find themselves forced into more domestic work then their previous way of life. The need for economic gain is increased when modernization takes place which results in the men working jobs for financial gain and the women’s domestic work is increased with less help. Not only does the domestic work increase for women but the domestic work is also devalued and not appreciated to the same extent it was before. In many places where domestic work is performed by women they also have to collect resources such as water which after modernization could be harder to acquire do to the privatizing of land. Education for women becomes less likely as the women’s workload becomes increasingly harder (362).
Violence that is caused by either: situations, social, political or economic structures, or institutions, is known as structural violence. Structural violence is not caused by weapons or any one person and it may be gradual and even go unnoticed. There are many types of structural violence such as: world hunger and pollution
Industrial societies have many factories and vehicles which produce wastes that may poison the land and water. Emissions are also released by many factories which pollutes the air we breathe. The wastes produced by many factories and machines found in modernized societies causes harm to people and nature. The biproducts can create diseases and add to global warming which are both long-term negative effects (372).
The 21st century brought many changes and challenges for the Ju/Hoansi. Modernization had both positive and negative aspects to the daily lives of the Ju. The addition of a new road greatly improved the travel time to their village where they had things like: a new water hole, a new soccer field, a new preschool, and more. Tourism became more prominent because of the new border guards on the Namibian frontier (L199). Tourists were mostly attracted to the wildlife conservancies; which for the Ju, managed natural resources and also combined the conservation of the environment and economic development