Modernization
Theory vs Dependency Theory
•Modernization theory: the belief that the more industrialized, urban, and modern a
society became,
the more social change and improvement were possible as traditional patterns and attitudes were abandoned or
transformed.
•Dependency theory: the belief that development and underdevelopment were not stages but
were part of
the same process; that development and growth of areas like western Europe were
achieved at the
expense of underdevelopment of dependent regions like Latin America.