demanding trade and other privileges. Other Western powers followed‚ and the country flew into a panic‚” (2015). It seems important to note that Japan seemed intent with their lack of foreign relations‚ so it is hardly surprising that this forced westernisation of the Japanese Islands created resentment towards foreign influence and led to an
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Using material from item A and elsewhere‚ assess the view that the growth of religious fundamentalism is a reaction to globalisation As mentioned in item A ‘much has been written about the decline of religious beliefs and the secularisation of modern societies’ this states that the growth of fundamentalism represents a culture which tends to be a clash between the sacred an secular. Fundamentalism refers to ‘black and white’ thinking that opposes modernism or any sort of progressive beliefs about
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teach history‚ culture‚ belief but how many people care? Traditions bring people together e.g. Chinese New Year provides opportunity for whole family to gather‚ communicate‚ interact‚ bond Traditions no longer serve a purpose Westernisation/Modernisation/Ever-changing world has changed/eroded/influenced views or many‚ set by forefathers‚ (traditions still remain important despite this‚ we still see people celebrating traditions‚ continuing it) Advancements in technology have become
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Assess the sociological explanations of the relationship between globalisation and religion. 33 marks Secularisation theory has argued that modernisation has undermined religion. The importance of science and technology on economic development and rational worldview on which they depend on are seen as destroying the belief in supernatural. However religion can contribute to development‚ but most recently sociologists have examined what role religion may play in development in today’s globalising
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Using material from item A and elsewhere assess the usefulness of modernization theory as an explanation for differences in the levels of development of different societies. Modernization theory first arose after world war two‚ when western countries like the US‚ Britain and France all believed that capitalism was the only way to modernize countries in Eastern Europe. The different communist and capitalist governments didn’t agree on theories of modernization and so the cold war started. The first
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due to a number of reasons. Cohen (2000‚ 285-286) argues that it was the strong conservative opposition who wanted to preserve China and the fact that the scholar-gentry bureaucracy remained in place which slowed down China’s progress. China’s modernisation was “inspired by
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choice to defend tradition‚ or a contemporary adaptation to what already exists may be conceived as modern in some cultures (Sriwarakuel‚ 2005). The view of Western modernity can also not be applicable to other cultures where certain features of modernisation are apparent but with no sign of change for other more traditional aspects of society. Culturally speaking‚ the Enlightenment led us to developments in art‚ literature‚ printing‚ music‚ science and religion. According to Hall‚ ‘in its simplest
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as to conform to other western countries. Traditional Japanese clothes were also worn during Tokugawa Rule‚ whereas‚ after the Meiji restoration‚ the government endorsed the use of western clothing‚ such as suits‚ to accelerate the process of westernisation. Many educational aspects of Japanese society were also transformed significantly during the Meiji Restoration. During the Tokugawa Regime education was restricted primarily to the Samurai class‚ with basic arithmetic being taught to merchant
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’ as used by a number of the subject ’s commentators and critics - internationalisation‚ liberalisation‚ universalisation‚ western/modernisation and deterrioralisation are (2000: 13). In choosing a definition of globalisation‚ one is also selecting how they wish to interpret it‚ and what points they wish to convey. For example‚ the choice of western/modernisation leads to a view that globlisation sees the economically and politically powerful west globalising the rest of the world‚ whilst universalisation
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The drawbacks of Globalisation There are several problems with globalisation. This can be illustrated by the creation of multi-national companies; developed countries can stifle development of undeveloped and under-developed countries. For instance‚ the European Union offer subsidies to farmers across Europe‚ which allows European farmers to have increased yields. So for a country like Kenya‚ they cannot export or sell agricultural goods as well as they could have. This economical factor puts
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