Question

According to ________ undeveloped and low income countries are in their situation because they have not industrialized, but could do so if they simply chose to.

Answer 1

Answer:

Modernization theory

Explanation:

Modernization theory is mainly the vision of sociologists studying underdevelopment, for they argue that poverty is the consequence of adhering to traditional values and continuation of customs. Also, the lack of technological settings and holding onto traditional systems of beliefs, attitudes and institutions keep countries in a recurrent state of poverty.

Generally speaking, the modernists, will promote the idea that economic growth is possible or at least increases the possibility of fighting poverty in countries that once were very traditional :

Think of the Chinese example: for many centuries they remained within their boundaries, and the largest faction of people hold on to values and beliefs that were kept, and once major changes in economic realm were put, advancing in technological and investing, many cultural values, and traditional beliefs and changes in government are driving a major transformation from a mostly agrarian society into a fully industrialized country-