Modernization science: the principles and methods of national advance

According to a country’s national level of the income, development and modernization, all countries in the world can be generally categorized as either advanced and developing. Studies on why advanced countries continue to develop?, how they maintain their level of development?, and how developing countries enter into the advanced club fall into the field of “modernization science”, andwhich is an emerging interdisciplinary science. This monograph, the first English book available on “modernization science”, interprets its concepts, methodologies, general theories, first and second modernization, six level-specific, six field-specific and three sector-specific modernizations, modernization policy and evaluation, the principles and methods on national development sincethe 18th century. It provides clear, systematic, up-to-date knowledge of thisnew discipline with more than 173 figures, 265 tables, and covers 131 countries and 97% of world population. A panoptic outlook on world modernization is presented from a Chinese perspective. The first English book available on “modernization science”. Provides a clear, systematic, up-to-date knowledge on this new discipline. Includes 173 illustrations, and covers 131 countries and 97% of world population. INDICE: 1.Introduction. 2.General Theory. 3.History of Modernization. 4.Stage-specific Modernization. 5.Level-specific Modernization. 6.Field-specific Modernization. 7.Sector-specific Modernization. 8.Modernization Policy. SubjectIndex. Name Index. References. List of Figure and Table.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-25458-1
• Editorial: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 1000
• Fecha Publicación: 29/02/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés