Global Modernization Rethinking the Project of Modernity |
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| Author:
| Martinelli, Alberto |
| Series title: | SAGE Studies in International Sociology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7619-4799-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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The last decade has witnessed a revival of interest in the problems of modernity and modernization. In particular, three major processes have emerged as objects of debate:
" The transformations of capitalism manifested in globalization and
the unfolding of post-industrial society
" The rapid and strong economic development of countries outside the
West
" The political and economic transformations in the post-Soviet countries
of Eastern Europe
The last decade has witnessed a revival of interest in the problems of modernity and modernization. In particular, three major processes have emerged as objects of debate:
" The transformations of capitalism manifested in globalization and
the unfolding of post-industrial society
" The rapid and strong economic development of countries outside the
West
" The political and economic transformations in the post-Soviet countries
of Eastern Europe