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What Leads to Modernisation? – a comment on research trends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Robert B. Charlick
Robert B. Charlick
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Cleveland State University
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In a recent issue of this Journal – Vol. IX, No. 4, December 1972 – Rodolfo Salcedo explores the question of causal sequences in the modernisation process. His article illustrates three serious weaknesses in current research into this problem: (i) the inadequate conception of modernisation as a dependent variable, (ii) the choice of theoretically significant independent variables in discussing paths to modernisation, and (iii) the neglect of political participation as a relevant factor.

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Africana
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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 1973 , pp. 139 - 140
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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References

Page 140 note 1 Lee Sigelman, , Modernisation and the Political System: a critique and preliminary empirical analysis (Beverly Hills, 1971), pp. 9–11,Google Scholar summarises the arguments of D. J. McCrone and C. F. Cnudde, Arthur K. Smith, and Hayward Alker, concerning Lerner's hypothesis of the causes of political modernisation.