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Title: What are the roots of modernization theory?
Post by: Zulu123 on Nov 9, 2020

Question 1

There are two dominant conceptualizations of life in squatter settlements. What are they?

Question 2

What are the roots of modernization theory?

Title: What are the roots of modernization theory?
Post by: amcvicar on Nov 9, 2020

Answer 1

The first approach, which is more prevalent, emphasizes social disorganization, focusing on marital breakdowns, anomie, alienation, poverty, and the misery of the migrant population. The second takes a more positive view, arguing that people in settlements maintain community organization and family continuity and that the residents adapt and adjust to the difficult circumstances in which they live.

Answer 2

Modernization theory derives from 19th-century evolutionary theory and structural functionalism.