But some sociologists like Ulrich Beck, Zygmunt Bauman and Anthony Giddens repudiate the concept of post modernity and they argue that the process of modernization did not come to an end rather it continues into the contemporary era.
This close relationship between the three generations is called "Chinese-style ken lao" and "post-modern ken lao" (Potu 2015) and presents an interesting reflection of unique Chinese familial intergenerational relations in the process of modernization.
In order to address the challenges of modernization and industrialization, China has begun to blend traditions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism with Whitehead's "constructive post-modern" philosophy in order to create an "ecological civilization".
The anthology demonstrates the theoretical and analytical value of the concept of transnationalism for studying the ambivalent processes of post-Soviet modernization.
Post-panamax modernization of Mariel port is Cuba's chance to connect its economic opening to the opportunities brought by the growth in Latin American exports and the shift of the world economy to the Pacific Rim. Cuba aims to expand its integration to the global economy, particularly with China, as trade with East Asia becomes cheaper with the expansion of the Panama Canal.
Kristin Ross rocks our knowledge of a period: her feeling for the textures of modernization in post-war France subtly connects the well-plumbed, electrified domestic bliss of the modern couple innovative torture in Algeria, car crashes to urban renovation, the new woman to the new man.
An iPad-toting blogger himself, Mr. Medvedev has spent much of his time in office promoting technological modernization, and sharply criticized the recent attack on Livejournal in his own blog post.
Wei Jingsheng was a leader of the Chinese democracy movement who spent 15 years in prison for authoring "The Fifth Modernization," which he posted on the Democracy Wall in Beijing.
But there are still lessons that can be learned from Australia Post's fledgling attempts at modernization.
This week's post will focus on how these modernization project affect the the downstream communities of Southeast and South Asia, specifically Cambodia and Pakistan.
Southeast Asia has been one of the great success stories in the saga of modernization and development of post-colonial Afro-Asia over the last six decades.
