"Luis Gutierrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Don Libby wrote: > >> "modernization theory identified traditional, "pre-modern" cultural >> values >> guiding action as the crucial barrier to entering the stage of a >> developed >> society (Inkeles and Smith 1974; Lerner 1958; Lerner 1968; Rostow 1960). > > Thanks, let me read them ... is this theory still being applied to > policy formulation? For instance, how does it help in formulating > policies to attain the UN Millennium Development Goals?
Modernization theory supports granting educational visas and scholarships, and building schools in developing countries to make liberal ideals and thought more accessible and acceptable. It most closely articulates with the Millennium goal to provide universal primary education, which implies gender equality in primary education, and by extension, secondary education. The theory is a bit old-fashioned in academic circles, but I mentioned it because it seems very similar to the tack you're taking. An up-to-date synopsis of development theory in action, especially as regards engagement and transformation of cultural values, can be found by browsing this web site: http://www.cultureandpublicaction.org/conference/introduction.htm and by reading the book described therein _Culture and Public Action_, edited by V. Rao and M. Walton, Stanford University Press, 2004. -dl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
