Modernization theory has been a dominant theory since the post-World War II era (McMichael 2012: 5) for describing development and social change. It is structured and described through five different stages of the "development ladder" proposed by Walt Whitman Rostow in The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto. (1961:4) The first premise of modernization theory reflected by the “ladder of development” is that development occurred in a step-by-step sequential process, while the second premise supported by the “ladder of development” development” is conformity to Western values ​​and norms. However, these two premises prove problematic because they neglect differences between societies and assume that the “development ladder” system is applicable to all societies. Thus, Rostow's “ladder of development” is strongly questioned because it attracts many criticisms. Rostow's five stages of economic growth begin with traditional society. As Rostow describes, underdevelopment is naturalized in this structure with the evidence of constrained means of production such as technology. In this part, the society applies a subsistence economy which technically results in small margins of productivity, like the hunter-gatherer society (Sahlins 1972: 1). Unwilling to practice the exploitation of nature, Rostow saw society at this stage as hindered from progress. The second phase which follows the previous one is that of the conditions precedent to take-off. Economic growth is beginning to take place and is essential to justifying the means within a good definition. Society begins to implement the manufacturing of products while at the same time, foreign intervention from advanced societies, for example through colonialism, is necessary to bring about change in society. The next step towards fashion...... middle of article ......critical points in other parts of the international system. Works Cited McMichael, Philip, ed. 2012. Development and social change: a global perspective, 5th ed. London: Sage Publications, Inc. Rostow, Walt W. 1960. The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Darwin, John. 2011. BBC - History - British History in Deep: Britain, the Commonwealth and the End of Empire, March 3, 2011. Accessed April 11, 2014. Available at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern /endofempire_overview_01.shtml.Eckstein, Alexander. 1971. Comparison of economic systems. Berkeley: University of California Press. Sahlins, Marshall D. 1974. Stone Age Economics. London: Tavistock.So, Alvin Y. 1990. Social change and development: theories of modernization, dependency and world systems. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc...