Modernization Theory and the case of France’s Overseas Territories

• Thesis title in Czech: Teorie modernizace a případ francouzských zámořských území
• Thesis title in English: Modernization Theory and the case of France’s Overseas Territories
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2022/2023
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Programme Historical Sociology (24-HS)
• Supervisor: PhDr. Alemayehu Kumsa, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned by the advisor
• Date of registration: 29.06.2023
• Date of assignment: 29.06.2023
• Date of electronic submission: 30.06.2023
• Date of proceeded defence: 18.09.2023
• Course: Thesis Defence (YMH601)
• Opponents: Lucy Elizabeth Císař Brown
• Advisors: doc. PhDr. Jiří Šubrt, CSc.

References

Alexander, Jeffrey C.. "Modern, Anti, Post, and Neo: How Social Theories Have Tried to Understand the “New World” of “Our Time”" Zeitschrift für Soziologie, vol. 23, no.3, 1994, pp. 165-197


Barthès, Carole, « Effets de la régularisation foncière à Mayotte. Pluralisme, incertitude, jeux d’acteurs et métissage », Économie rurale, 313-314 | 2009, 99-114.


Bendix, Reinhard. “Tradition and Modernity Reconsidered.” Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol. 9, no. 3, 1967, pp. 292–346.


Bernardot,Marc, Bruneteaux,Patrick, "Quel colonialisme dans les DOM-TOM ? - Une introduction ", REVUE Asylon(s), N°11, mai 2013.

Preliminary scope of work in English

This thesis explores the perennial influence of Modernization theory by using the example of France and its Overseas Territories and how it exemplifies the notion of intentional development through its developmental policies.