POL201Y1 Lecture : Pol201%20Lecture%20#3%2009-25-2012.docx
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Cold war, decolonization, and economic growth: 3 factors that made political scientists go and research outside of europe (around 1950"s) The goal after wwii was to shift from communism to democracy. The biggest concern was whether countries should be communist or democratic. Decolonization started around 1948 (with india) and ended around 1960"s. Political scientists are now able to go to these countries that have decolonized as now politics are involved with in the countries and to study the social movements. After wwii, the world economy took off (in growth). The passing of traditional society the transition from tradition to modernity. Modernization was the primary theory that they were trying to prove and see evidence of. The defined development is a part of modernization. Modernity and development is the same thing. (from the article) he links the transition between tradition and modernity. Lerner mostly uses balgat to illustrate what the features of tradition are.
