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The article That I have chosen to revise on Wikipedia is "Anti-modernization," because it was in line with other topics that I have been interested in the past and because I believe it needed a lot of work. The first things I notice when accessing the article on 7/11/15 at 1:35 PM are that the entire entry is made up of quotes from the sources listed for the article. While that might not specifically be considered plagiarism, it certainly does not constitute any part of Wikipedia's goals and rules because it is not in any way a rephrasing or re-imagining of the sources. All of the article's information is just a restating of information without any thought or effort put into putting that information into the writer's own words and understanding. The other big issue present at that time is the lack of "broad coverage" that constitutes a well put together Wikipedia article. The articles presently seems only to have a vague and dependent definition of the subject and then two completely unrelated notes on the subject without any context, flow, or organization. Firstly, the definition states that anti modernization is a "reaction to problems in modernization," which is hardly more then restating the subject itself and in no way attempts to go on and explain what these proposed "problems" in the modernization model are, or even what the modernization model itself is. Then as stated there is no effort put forth to link or explain the other two notes in the article. Furthermore there are multiple typos and grammatical errors throughout that I intend to fix.

When I spruce up the article, I will be researching much more on the topics of modernization and anti modernization, along with trying to reach much more broad coverage in the article. I will also at the least take out some parts of the text I find to be repetitive. Namely that it has "according to book X" before each sentence and then a reference at the end which I don't believe is necessary. I also feel it is important to add an examples throughout history section displaying when this information was useful and a see also section that is important on any wikipedia article to establish related research.

Beginning Bibliography:

Charlton, Bruce, and Peter Andras. The Modernization Imperative. Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic, 2003. Print.

This book is a highly informative discussion on the definition and implementation of modernization. It explains in an easy to digest way what modernization is and where it is. It is stated that modernization seems to mostly be referring to the structure and implementation of western societies, governments, and economics for the most part and affects third world countries mostly. This book will help me get started and lay the foundation knowledge for the debate on modernization which is what the article is all about.

Mirsepassi, Ali. Intellectual Discourse and the Politics of Modernization - Negotiating Modernity in Iran. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. Print.

This book primarily focuses on Iran's view on modernization. It talks about how "Modernization" is sometimes viewed as a prejudicial campaign in the west to force other counties to act like them. This book takes a standpoint very in line with anti modernization itself and helps explain that viewpoint in particular.

Copy of my version of the article:

= Anti-modernization = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Anti-modernization (also known as anti-modernisation or retraditionalisation),[1] is "a societal and cultural reaction to the unsolved 'reality problems' in the modernization model".[2]This mostly refers to an abstract concept or mode of thought characterized by supposedly "non-western," or "less privileged" nations and/or people in those nations antipathy or opposition to movements that attempt to have those nations become more "western." This could include disfavor of movements attempting to spread democracy, capitalism, or certain themes of social life present in more "western" nations or cultures.[3]

Boris Rumer wrote in his book Central Asia at the End of the Transition (2005) that "anti-modernization is appearing in all spheres of culture and economics. The retraditionalization of social life, deprofessionalization of entire strata of the population, the anti-intellectualism emanating from above, the exodus of skilled personnel from the country – these are all clear signs of the anti-modernization that characterizes the reality in post-Soviet Uzbekistan".[1] This constitutes an example of how some people in certain places view movements of modernization. People(s) involved with the anti modernization movement sometimes perceive that western societies live in a culture that leads its people to be dominated by the people above them either economically or politically. This can be seen as severely negative and as representative of oppression.[4]

Examples through history[edit source | edit]
There was an apparent anti-modernization movement in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s was said to be "an attempt to reconcile...modernity with the Islamic and Iranian contexts".[4]

There was an anticientificismo trend starting in Argentina c. 1962 that seemed to object to how their science was developing.[5]

See also[edit source | edit]
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