Much of the interest of modernization was prompted by the decline of the old colonial empires. # The third world became a focus of attention by politicians who were keen to show countries pushing for independence that sustained development was possible under the western wing (rather than that of the Soviet Union) The supporters of modernization theories assumed that modernization is a linear process which exists whereby developing countries progressively become industrialized. The theory promotes the idea that all countries starts from a traditional base and moves straight along a pre-determined line to a state called modern. Reasons for the underdevelopment of countries were seen within the different societies in internal factors, for example, in their traditions or in the lack of sufficient capital investment. Modernization, as conceived by its advocates, is largely a process initiated and directed from above. In the past the modernization process actually took place and was instrumental in propelling the societies concerned towards higher levels of production and economic maturity. Japan is a striking example of a society in which modernization was initiated from above by a social group narrowly allied with the establishment, without the occurrence of any revolution that is any mass movement from below. Modernization theorists
Much of the interest of modernization was prompted by the decline of the old colonial empires. # The third world became a focus of attention by politicians who were keen to show countries pushing for independence that sustained development was possible under the western wing (rather than that of the Soviet Union) The supporters of modernization theories assumed that modernization is a linear process which exists whereby developing countries progressively become industrialized. The theory promotes the idea that all countries starts from a traditional base and moves straight along a pre-determined line to a state called modern. Reasons for the underdevelopment of countries were seen within the different societies in internal factors, for example, in their traditions or in the lack of sufficient capital investment. Modernization, as conceived by its advocates, is largely a process initiated and directed from above. In the past the modernization process actually took place and was instrumental in propelling the societies concerned towards higher levels of production and economic maturity. Japan is a striking example of a society in which modernization was initiated from above by a social group narrowly allied with the establishment, without the occurrence of any revolution that is any mass movement from below. Modernization theorists