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[SES #] 3 [Study Questions] Is progress a western notion, which emerged during the Enlightenment or, can we trace the concept to earlier times, and to non-western political/social formations? Is it universal? What are the differences between the concepts of progress, modernization, development and planning? How did these concepts originate? How are they connected? Do different development planning traditions draw on different aspects of the notion of Modernity? What is the relationship between 'tradition' and 'modernity' in international development? [TOPICS] 
History: Ideas and Ideologies of Progress and Modernization
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