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One flaw in modernization theory is the unwillingness to recognize _________.

that semi-peripheral nations are incapable of industrializing
that peripheral nations prevent semi-peripheral nations from entering the global market
its inherent ethnocentric bias
the importance of semi-peripheral nations industrializing

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its inherent ethnocentric bias

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The correct answer is C. Its inherent ethnocentric bias

Step-by-step explanation:

In the modernization theory proposed by sociologists such as Talcott Parsons, nations that are classified as underdeveloped can become develop or high-income nations if these grow industrially because this implies economic growth and changes in society. This means this theory states countries can progress if they follow a specific path.

The main issue with this is that it implies an ethnocentric bias because progress in this theory is only defined by the progress of big and developed nations most authors of the theory lived in. This is bias because nations might not need to grow industrially to improve their conditions or might not have the conditions to follow the path proposed for modernization.

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