Download or read book From Modernization to Globalization written by J. Timmons Roberts and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2000-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Arranged into four main parts, the book begins by selecting readings from classical theorists in order to review formative ideas on the transition to modern society. It then moves on to address, at length, the modernizationists' discussion of how development changes people and the response from dependency and world-system theorists. A final section assembles eight of the most influential writings on the social effects of globalization."--Jacket.