现代化是近代以来民族国家赖以发展的重要要素。无论发达国家还是发展中国家 ,其阔步前进的历程都必须诉诸现代化过程 ,这既是民族生存的必要条件 ,也为历史所证实。南非现代化作为外源型现代化的独特个案 ,它不同于第三世界现代化那种对现代化前提进行补偿 ,由传统型向现代型 Modernization is an important factor for the development of nation-states in the modern history. Both the developed countries and the developing countries have to resort to the process of modernization in the course of striding forward. This is both a necessary condition for the survival of the nation and is also confirmed by history. South Africa’s modernization, as a unique case of exogenous modernization, is different from that of third world modernization that compensates for the prerequisite for modernization. From the traditional to the modern