The relationship between modernization and democracy or democratization is one of the most researched studies in comparative politics. Many studies show that modernizati… See more

Modernization theorists often saw traditions as obstacles to economic development. According … See more

Globalizationcan be defined as the integration of economic, political and social cultures. It is argued that globalization is related to the spreading of modernization across bor… See more

United States foreign aid in the 1960s
President John F. Kennedy (1961–1963) relied on economists W.W. Rostow on his staff and outsider John Kenneth Galbraith for ideas o… See more

From the 1970s, modernization theory has been criticized by numerous scholars, including Andre Gunder Frank (1929–2005) and Immanuel Wallerstein (1930–2019). In this model, … See more