TY  - GEN
A1  - Zapf, Wolfgang
T1  - Modernization theory – in the non-western world
N2  - The article starts with an overview of modernization theories, its history of ups and downs as well as its present status. This first part is followed by an analysis of basic social structure distributions and trends in human development in selected countries. One major focal point of the paper is the Non-Western world and the Arab countries, in particular. The author looks at modernization and modernity in that region and comes to the conclusion that the Western world can no longer expect to be able to simply export its own values and its way of life to the rest of the world.
KW  - Modernisierung
KW  - Moderne
KW  - Modernisierungstheorie
KW  - Modernization
KW  - modernity
KW  - modernization theory
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47181
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Behrmann, Günter C.
T1  - Globale Modernisierung : ein "American Dream"?
T1  - Global modernization : an "American Dream"?
N2  - Daniel Lerner’s „The Passing of Traditional Society“ of 1958 is still one of the most famous American studies in the field of modernization research. This article gives a deeper insight into the background of the emergence of the study. The author describes Lerner’s theoretical and empirical work and its connection to the policy of his time. A classic today in modernization theory, Lerner’s study was initially merely a request for the Voice of America to investigate the use of media in the Middle Eastern region –modernization or development did not yet play a significant role. The article shows how the direction of the study changed from its original intention into a political opinion research and thus into a political propaganda tool.
KW  - Modernisierung
KW  - Modernisierungstheorie
KW  - Naher Osten
KW  - Modernization
KW  - modernization theory
KW  - Middle East
Y1  - 2004
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47174
ER  -