Global modernization : rethinking the project of modernity / Alberto Martinelli.

Global modernization : rethinking the project of modernity /

This text provides a new approach to examining questions of modernization and modernity. It overhauls existing theories and concepts and applies them to the new social and economic conditions that define our age.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Martinelli, Alberto
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2005.
Series:Sage studies in international sociology.
Subjects:
Progress.
Civilization, Modern.
Globalization.
Postmodernism.
Progress > Sociological aspects.
Civilization, Modern > Sociological aspects.
Postmodernism > Sociological aspects.
globalism.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Modernization and modernity
  • The classic theory of modernization: modernization of traditional Third World societies
  • Critiques of the classic theory of modernization and alternative approaches
  • Modernity and its future
  • Globalization and modernity.

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