Modernization theory
Modernization theory is a description and explanation of the processes of transformation from traditional or underdeveloped societies to modern societies. ... Modernization theory has been one of the major perspectives in the sociology of national development and underdevelopment since the 1950s.
UNDERDEVELOPMENT THEORY
Underdevelopment is viewed as an externally-induced process which is perpetuated by a small but powerful domestic elite who form an alliance with the international capitalist system. The “development of underdevelopment” is therefore systemic and path-dependent.
Modernization Theory believes that social equality is the result of material growth while Dependency Theory believes that eth dependent country enhances social inequality which can lead to political authoritarianism
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