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Modernization
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Critique and Post-Modern Perspectives
Later critiques, stemming from dependency theory and post-structuralism, argued that the modernization model was inherently Eurocentric and masked a history of global power imbalances. Critics contend that the "modernization" of the periphery often depends upon the active de-modernization or extraction of resources from other regions.
Furthermore, the concept of "late modernization" posits that nations industrializing in the late 20th and 21st centuries skip certain traditional stages, adopting hyper-digitalized stru…