A term bandied about willy nilly.
What does it mean?
Apart from the purely factual - pertaining to chronologically recent times, events, practices etc.
It seem frequently to convey no more than a set of arrangements or changes of which the writer approves.
Politicians are forever wanting to modernise by which they seem to mean no more than to make changes they prefer.
When you hear of someone wishing to modernise something take a good look and be sure they are not just seeking to further their own advantage. So there!
