HIS 227 / PSC 227, POWER AND AUTHORITY
IN NONWESTERN SOCIETIES

SPRING SEMESTER 2005

ASSIGNMENT TWO
DUE: MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2005

TASK FOR THOSE READING THE FIRST TWO ASSIGNED ARTICLES: LIST THREE SIGNIFICANT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MODERNIZATION PROCESS AT WORK IN WESTERN EUROPE

TASK FOR THOSE READING THE SECOND TWO ASSIGNED ARTICLES: LIST THREE ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE USE OF THE TWO TERMS “WESTERN” AND ‘NONWESTERN” AS SIGNIFICANT CATEGORIES OF MEANING