Modernity and diversity: Reflections on the controversy between modernization theory and multiple modernists

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Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-538

  Schmidt, Volker H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Convergence; Diversity; Modernity; Modernization; Multiple modernists

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650096716     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018410376882     Document Type: Article

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