SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -Modernization Theory, International Development, Walt Whitman Rostow
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Interest in development has its roots in the cold war, when developed capitalist countries led by the us warred with communist countries led by the soviet union (42) These two groups tried to amass power by gaining control over less developed countries (42) Businesses in the developed west became interested in new markets outside their traditional spheres of operation (42) In the 1960s, w. w. rostow argued that societal development follows several necessary stages of development (44) In the beginning, a society might be traditional, undifferentiated, and undeveloped, but when it comes into contact with a developed society, science and technology spread and traditional society enters a stage of possible takeoff (44) Takeoff occurs if an increase in market transactions, manufacturing, and trade takes place (44) Another popular approach in the 60s was modernization theory, which emphasizes the importance of values and norms as drivers of development, ex. the need for achievement (44)
