The Devemopmental Course of Modernization Theory and Its Recent Research

As an important academic field the modernization theory appeared in 1950s,which has been differently criticized since its birth due to the shortcomings of its.The modernization theory came into a time it renewed through self-reflection.The new situations and problems occurred in the development in the Western developed country since 1970s have challenged the classical modernization theory,the high-modernization theory came into being on request,which has exceeded the limit of the classical modernization theory,and extended the connotation of the modernization theory as well.