Towards the end of the 17th century‚ Russia began undergoing dramatic‚ yet selective‚ internal changes. Peter the Great led the first westernization of Russia in history‚ permanently changing Russia and providing a model from which westernization attempts elsewhere were based on. Westernization was used by Peter and his successors to promote Russia’s expansionist empire without intending to transform Russia into a truly Western society. By the end of the 17th century‚ Russia had become one of the
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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 (18 marks) Modernization theory first arose after world war two in 1945‚ when western countries like the US‚ Britain and France all believed that capitalism was the only way to modernize countries in Eastern Europe. It became clear that many countries in Africa‚ Asia‚ Southern America‚ and the Caribbean were remaining poor despite
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political transformation process was speeded up. In my opinions‚ the resumption of sovereignty did help Hong Kong move towards the process of political modernization. To explain why the turning back of Hong Kong could boost the political progress in our city‚ we should first know what is the definition of political modernization. Politically‚ modernization is the progress from despotism to democracy. All political reforms are aspired to fulfill people’s pursuit for freedom and equality‚ basic human rights
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler Review by: Mary McIntosh Feminist Review‚ No. 38 (Summer‚ 1991)‚ pp. 113-114 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1395391 . Accessed: 20/03/2012 23:44 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers
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Modernization theory is the process of transforming from a traditional or underdeveloped society to a modern Western societies way of life. Basically‚ Modernization theory became the foundation stone of this evolutionary prescription for development. The theory is not homogeneous—numerous proponents disagreed on several key features. But in broad outline‚ the theory focused on deficiencies in the poorer countries and speculated about ways to overcome these deficiencies. It viewed traditional society
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Analysis of the Food Safety Modernization Act The U.S. Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act in December. The congressional process was neither fast nor pretty. First caught behind health care reform and then squeezed into the post-election congressional wrap up‚ President Barack Obama signed food safety bill in early January 2011. Long after the tortured process that produced the final bill is forgotten‚ the statutory language and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) implementation
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Ch.12-2‚ Modernization in Japan P.376-379 I. Japan Ends Its Isolation A. The Demand for Foreign Trade 1. Westerners tried to convince the Japanese to open their ports to trade a. British‚ French‚ Russian and America officials occasionally anchored off the Japanese coast b. Japan refused to receive them c. 1853‚ US commodore Matthew Perry took four ships into Tokyo harbor‚ socked Japanese d. Tokugawa shogun dubiously received Perry and the letter Perry had brought form US president
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The Nineteenth century was a time of major changes and a critical moment in the history of Italy. It was the time of the Risorgimento‚ the campaign for the unification of Italy and it was a long and complicated process. Lampedusa ’s "The Leopard" gives a spacious perspective into this revolution and gives us insight of the state of marriage‚ religion and politics within the Sicilian society. Lampedusa exposes the life of The Leopard and how he and his people reacted to the Risorgimento. He states
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In the early 17th century Japan shut itself from most contact with other nations. Under the rule of the Tokugawa shoguns the Japanese society was very reserved and was in very tight order. The shoguns gave out land to the lords and daimyo. The peasant worked for and lived under the protection of their daimyo. The daimyo had a small army of samurais. The rigid system was to keep the country free of civil war and to keep peace for Japan. This lasted for about two centuries. Japan during those two centuries
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CASE STUDY: MODERNIZATION OF NTUC INCOME? 1.) WHAT WERE THE PROBLEMS FACED BY INCOME IN THIS CASE? HOW WERE THE PROBLEMS SOLVED BY THENEW DIGITAL SYSTEM? Income·s insurance processes were very tedious and paper-based. This resulted to humongousIncome also experienced frequent breakdown of the HP 3000 mainframe which hosted the coreinsurance applications and the accounting and management information systems. In addition tothis‚ HP 3000 back-up system only allowed restoration to the previous day·s
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