Although globalization has historically allowed democracy to succeed in the creation of the current world order, it is also ...

Ideas about what it means to be modern are soon dated. Not so long ago theories were in vogue claiming that a “scientific-technical revolution” was under way that would lead to a single type of ...

Modernization theory -- the belief that industrialization and economic development lead directly to positive social and political change -- has been a subject of intense scholarly and policy interest ...

The lecturer was Professor Wang Yiwei from Renmin University of China (RUC). The following is just some part of that very informative lecture. “China is endeavoring to build itself into a stronger ...

Associate Professor of Asian Art Aida Yuen Wong will deliver a lecture in New York City on costume reform and Korean modernization as part of the AHL Foundation's 2014 public lecture series. Wong's ...

Yang Jun, vice-president of Shanxi University, delivered a lecture at Shanghai Academy and paid a visit to the Shanghai branch for the Shanxi University Alumni Association in Shanghai, from Nov 18 to ...