title: To the problem of conceptual bases of the theory of modernization
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metadata.value: Gutorov, Vladimir A.
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metadata.value: 2016-08-27T17:05:00Z
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metadata.value: 2016-08-27T17:05:00Z
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metadata.value: 2016-06
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metadata.value: Gutorov V. A. To the problem of conceptual bases of the theory of modernization. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Ser. 6. Political science. International relations, 2016, issue 2, pp. 4–23. DOI: 10.21638/11701/spbu06.2016.201
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/2761
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metadata.value: The purpose of this article is to summarise the di verse aspects of the scientifi c discussion revolving
  around the notion itself and complicated questions of the modern theory of modernisation. One of the
  main points of discussion is the new relationship between once such dissimilar conceptions as modernisation,
  democratisation and globalisation. These conceptions have been brought together at the
  end of the 20th century and since that time have usually been confl ated, often maintaining a heterogeneous
  sense. The terms “modernisation” and “globalisation” have come to be emotionally charged
  in public discourse. For some, they imply the promise of an international civil society, conducive to a
  new era of peace and democratisation. For others, they imply the threat of an American economic and
  political hegemony, with the cultural consequence being a homogenised world. Nevertheless, some
  distinct characteristics defining the general tendencies of the modernisation process really do exist.
  The main tendency is the changing meaning of modernity, or the emergence of “alternative modernities”.
  There is also the increasingly significant phenomenon of alternative globalisations that is, cultural
  movements with a global outreach originating outside the Western world and indeed impacting on
  the latter. The second trend is related to a crisis in the legitimacy of the nation-state tradition forcing
  a review of the problem of the role of democracy in the modern world. S. M. Lipset’s observation that
  democracy is related to economic development, first advanced in 1959, has generated the largest body
  of research on any topic in political science. Yet there are two distinct reasons this relation may hold:
  either democracies may be more likely to emerge as countries that develop economically (S. P. Huntington,
  R. Inglehart), or they may be established independently of economic development but may be
  more likely to survive in developed countries. The basic assumption of the theory of modernisation, in
  any of its versions, is that there is one general process of which democratisation is but the final stage.
  Modernisation consists of a gradual diff erentiation and specialisation of social structures that culminates
  in a separation of political structures from other structures and makes democracy possible. But
  there is now a prevailing view, according to which the emergence of democracy is not a by-product of
  economic development (G. O’Donnell). The protagonists of this approach do not believe that the fate
  of democratic rule would be determined exclusively by current levels of economic development. They
  maintain that, albeit within constraints, democratisation is an outcome of human actions, not just one
  of economic conditions or an historical past (A. Giddens, R. M. Unger). Refs 36.
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metadata.value: ru
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metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Series 6. Political science. International relations;Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: modernisation
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: development
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: state
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: economic growth
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: democracy
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political processes
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: globalisation
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: political theory
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: public discourse
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: To the problem of conceptual bases of the theory of modernization
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