8.3.2

Development: Industrialisation & Urbanisation

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What is Industrialisation? What is Urbanisation?

Industrialisation is where a country moves from an agricultural means of production to a manufacturing means of production.

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Industrialisation & development

  • Industrialisation is understood to promote development as factories can manufacture higher value goods for sale at home and abroad.
  • The job opportunities created by factories gives wages to workers, who in turn spend this in their local economy.
  • Industrialisation in turn leads to urbanisation as individuals and families move to towns and cities in search of work.
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Modernist & dependency theory

  • Modernisation theorists suggest that industrialisation led to the West developing and so this is what other countries should do if they want to develop.
  • Dependency theorists (Classical Marxists) suggest that whilst industrialisation is important for development, it is equally important that the developing nation itself controls this process, not the West.
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People Centred Development Theory

  • People Centred Development Theory argues that the idea that in order to develop, a nation needs to industrialise, is very Eurocentric.
    • Countries like Bhutan have high ‘happiness’ ratings amongst its citizens and they have not industrialised.

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3Option 1: Culture & Identity

4Option 1: Families & Households

5Option 1: Health

6Option 1: Work, Poverty & Welfare

7Option 2: Beliefs in Society

8Option 2: Global Development

9Option 2: The Media

10Crime & Deviance

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