Rostow

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Rostows modernisation theory

• Use theories of development to help explain why
  societies develop over time, including Rostows
  modernisation theory and dependency theory.

Before looking at Rostows Modernisation Theory
we need to understand what is meant by the
different types of employment.
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Employment Structure

• Economic development in a country sees a shift in
  the type of employment (jobs) that people do.
• There are 4 sectors of employment
• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary
• Quaternary

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Employment Structure
Employment Structure Definition Example
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
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Employment Structure
Employment Structure Definition Example
Primary Jobs that involve extracting raw materials from the land or sea.
Secondary Jobs that involve manufacturing, where raw materials are converted into final product.
Tertiary Jobs that provide a service.
Quaternary Jobs that provide information, research and expert help.
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Employment Structure
Employment Structure Definition Example
Primary Jobs that involve extracting raw materials from the land or sea. Farming, fishing and mining.
Secondary Jobs that involve manufacturing, where raw materials are converted into final product. Car making plants and Steel processing.
Tertiary Jobs that provide a service. Doctors, Teachers, Dentists and Travel Agents.
Quaternary Jobs that provide information, research and expert help. IT, Engineers, Scientists and Forensics.
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Rostows modernisation theory

• Here are the five stages of the model
• High Mass Consumption
• Traditional Society
• Drive to Maturity
• Take off
• Pre-conditions for take off
• These stages are not in the right order. What you
  have to do is
• Work out which order they go in?
• Try and come up with a description of what may be
  happening in each stage in terms of a countrys
  development.

The theory looks at How a country goes through
different stages of development through time.
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Rostows Modernisation Theory 5 stages of
development through time.
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Criticisms of Rostows Theory?

• Can you think of any criticisms of the theory?
• Main ones
• Outdated (1960) and too simple.
• Not all countries follow the same path of
  development. Some may skip sections.
• Model assumes all countries start off the same
  and all have the same population, resources and
  climate.
• Model doesnt look at how the development of some
  countries (e.g. the UK) was at the expense of
  others during colonization. (The British Empire)