... to make it fitter for the modern world. What alarmed some imperialists was not so much that Muslims were completely resistant to modernisation and Westernisation, but that some at least embraced the prospect too enthusiastically. While reform was often imposed from the top, it is easy to overlook...

... system triangulation weights and measures Nares Edward Native Americans Robertson William information Enlightenment French Revolution rationalism politicisation modernisation Western society was increasingly impressed by the idea that authority should take rational form, as seen...

..., Marxists, Feminists, Critical Theorists and Neoliberals have all articulated powerful critiques of the state. In response, theorists of ecological modernisation have defended the role or potential of the state, and authors like Robyn Eckersley and John Dryzek have formulated the notion of the green state...

...This book explores Venice—not the glorious Venice of the Venetian Republic, but from the fall of the Republic in 1797 and the Risorgimento up through the present day. The book looks at the glamour and squalor of the belle époque and the dark underbelly of modernisation, the two...

... environmental issues confronting Venice, with particular reference to concerns that the city could sink beneath the waves and the initiatives that have been proposed to prevent this from happening; modernisation proposals that have divided Venetians, including the Fondaco restoration and the Calatrava bridge...

...This chapter describes the significant role played by the Renaissance, the Protestant Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution in the coming of the modern age. It discusses the consequences of the Reformation and the ways in which modernisation and modernity have been traditionally linked...

...This conclusion explains how information is linked to consumerism, democratisation, and modernisation. It describes how the acquisition and use of information led to the production and dissemination of new knowledge that contributed to Western economic progress especially in commerce and technology...