A Grand Theory

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A Grand Theory
Modernization theory is a rationalization and explanation of the processes of change from traditional or underdeveloped societies to modern societies. Modernization theory has been one of the main standpoints in the sociology of national underdevelopment and expansion since the 1950s. Several considerations have been taken on the ways in which previous and present pre-modern societies become westernized through methods of economic development and transformation in political, cultural, and social compositions and dynamics. Modernization theory is topic of criticism deriving from free-market ideologies and socialists, dependency theorists, globalization theorists, and world-systems theorists among others. Modernization theory not only stresses on the development of transformation but also the reactions to that transformation. It also emphasizes on the internal dynamics while referring to cultural and social configurations and the acclimatization of innovative technological advancements. The theory originated from the thoughts of Max Weber, a German sociologist; his ideas gave the foundation for the modernization model created by Talcott Parsons, Harvard sociologist.
Some chief characteristics of the theory as defined by Parsons was that the theory created the value of seeing societies as incorporated systems in which economic, social, and political areas are unified. This guaranteed that a modification in one section would…