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Global Developments Sociologists tell us there is a link between private lives and social forces. An outstanding example of such
Global Developments Sociologists tell us there is a link between private lives and social forces. An outstanding example of such
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2013-08-12
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Global Developments
Sociologists tell us there is a link between private lives and social forces. An outstanding example of such a link is the contrast in life chances between people in developed and in less developed countries. A child born in, say, the United States or Switzerland is not a better or more deserving person than one born in Ethiopia or Brazil. Yet because of social forces beyond individual control, each child faces the prospect of living out a lifetime under utterly different material conditions. Why should this be? What can account for the fact that some societies have become heavily industrialized and economically advanced, while others are changing so much more slowly? Social scientists have offered two different explanations. One emphasizes a universal but uneven process of modernization and economic growth; the other focuses on a worldwide system of political and economic inequality.
Some social scientists view development in terms of modernization, a process of economic, social and cultural change that facilitates the transition from pre-industrial to industrial society. Modernization theorists claim that the various countries of the world are converging on a basically similar social type, the modern industrialized society. Some 250 years ago, the developed countries of today also had
rudimentary
, pre-industrial economies, but because they modernized relatively quickly, they now have productive economies that offer high living standards. During the same period, however, the poor countries have been slow to modernize. Differences in development, therefore, are largely the result of uneven modernization; but as "modern" features spread from the developed to the less developed countries, they too will follow the path to industrialization and affluence.
What kinds of change does modernization
entail
? Some modernization theorists emphasize a change in individual psychology. They claim that people in the developed societies are more likely to have a work ethic, a desire for achievement, a willingness to defer gratification, a sense of control over their destiny, a strong sense of individualism. In contrast, a lack of ambition, an orientation toward the present, a fatalistic outlook, and a weak sense of individualism are said to be typical of people in more traditional societies.(A)
Other modernization theorists emphasize sweeping structural changes in society.(B)
Traditional societies are more likely to have an extended family system, in which kinship obligations encourage people to remain, physically and socially, where they started.(C)
Similarly, modernization involves such features as heavy urbanization, extensive schooling, advanced technology, low population growth, a legal-rational political system, and a range of sophisticated services such as efficient transport, banking and communications.(D)
On the whole, these features are lacking or inadequate in less developed countries, where government is usually authoritarian, the population is predominately rural and ill educated, and the necessary services are not in place.
Other social scientists view development in the context of the world system, a network of unequal economical and political relationships among the developed and the less developed countries.
This international system consists of a "core" of highly industrialized countries, and a "periphery" of less developed countries that are dependent on and exploited by those at the core.
World-system theorists point out that the peoples of the third world were quite capable of providing for themselves before "modern" ideas and technologies began to "diffuse" from the colonial powers. In fact, they claim, development and underdevelopment proceeded simultaneously over a period of more than two centuries as the richer countries financed their own industrial expansion by draining the surplus resources of the poorer ones. The colonial system finally broke down when the last of the colonies won their formal independence around the middle of the twentieth century, But by then a new international relationship had been established: neocolonialism, the informal political and economic domination of some societies by others, such that
the former
are able to exploit the labor and resources of the latter for their own purposes. In essence, the world system is a form of international stratification, with a wealthy minority enjoying a disproportionate share of the planet’s resources and using various means—political, economic, and sometimes military—to maintain their position.
According to Paragraph 3, modernization has all of the following features EXCEPT______.
选项
A、heavy urbanization
B、advanced technology
C、high population growth
D、a legal-rational political system
答案
C
解析
本题为正误判断题,考查考生是否能够根据文章中阐明的信息,判断出什么信息是正确的,什么信息是错误的或文章中没有提到的。题目问:根据第三段,现代化的特点不包括以下哪项?这道题属于排除正确信息、选择错误信息题。根据第三段后半段中句子“Similarly,modernization involves such features as heavy urbanization, extensive schooling, advancedtechnology,low population growth,a legal—rational political system,and a range of sophisticatedservices such as efficient transport,banking and communications”,这句话的意思是:同样地,现代化包括以下特点,如高度的城市化(选项A),大量的学校教育,先进的技术(选项B),低人口增长率,具有理性和法治精神的政治体制(选项D),以及一系列精细的服务体系,如有效的交通、银行和通信系统。此句中包括了A、B和D的内容。而C选项说高人口增长率,意思正好相反,属于错误信息,所以选C。
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