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European and Colombian modernization - Coggle Diagram
European and Colombian modernization
European Modernization
They achieve to change from a agrarian society to an industrial society way faster than Colombia did.
They benefited from colonialism by exploiting the resources of their domain areas
"Urbanization accompanied modernization and the rapid process of industrialization."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernization_theory
The absolute or authoritarian monarchies were transformed into republics or parliamentary monarchies.
The economy stopped being controlled by the state
Loss of power of the nobility and rise of the bourgeoisie
from the society of privileges to the society of rights.
separation of church and state
separation of powers
fight for civil and political rights
We think that this process of modernization was way more efficient and faster than the one of Colombia. We also think that they obtained modernization faster and it was more accessible to them thanks to the colonization because if it wasn’t because of all the money they gain in the other territories it would be harder to them. Also an important aspect that make them arrive to modernization first was it geographical location, they could travel easier and look for the materials they needed for the industrialization (it was like the beginning of the modernization). Obviously it was hard achieving modernization, but they have their shortcuts. Instead in Colombia it was harder to them since they didn't had anything, it was just a colonize territory.
Colombian Modernization
A socialist economy needs:
Capital
Free job strength
Prime materials
Economy was no longer controlled by the state.
The occidental nations evolved from agrarian economies to capitalist societies.
Wealth was represented by the land in hands of the criollos, they really didn't have capital at all.
Job strength wasn't free. Indigenous people were grouped in shelters and slaves in plantations.
The obstacles for the economical development in Colombia were:
Colombian geography
Colonial heritage
Political fight and civil wars.
The new republic and its difficulty to find the path:
They tried to copy the political organization from European
nations
Rapidly we entered in intern conflicts
Confrontation because of the political development model.