modernization and society

State University – Higher School of Economics with participation of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund
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VIII International Academic Conference
«Modernization of Economy and Public Development»
April 3–5, 2007
Moscow

Evgeny Yasin

MODERNIZATION AND THE SOCIETY

Moscow, 2007

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Contents
1. How the world is changing……………………………………………………………………4
1.1. Modernization: what does it mean?....................................................................................4
Capitalism and modern economic growth ........................................................................ 4
The postindustrial stage and a new balance of power ........................................................ 6
1.2. Five civilizations ............................................................................................................... 8
European civilization ........................................................................................................ 10
East Asian civilization……………………………………………………………………10
India .................................................................................................................................. 11
India and China—different paths? ..................................................................................... 12
Tectonic shifts in the world economy ................................................................................ 13
Latin American Civilization ............................................................................................. 16
Islamic civilization............................................................................................................ 18
1.3. And what is there in Russia? ............................................................................................... 19
2. Conditions of innovative development and the necessary
institutional

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