Political Order in Changing Societies,9780300116205

Political Order in Changing Societies

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ISBN13: 9780300116205
ISBN10: 0300116209
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2006-05-15
Publisher(s): Yale University Press
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Summary

This now-classic examination of the development of viable political institutions in emerging nations is a major and enduring contribution to modern political analysis. In a new Foreword, Francis Fukuyama assesses Huntington's achievement, examining the context of the book's original publication as well as its lasting importance. "This pioneering volume, examining as it does the relation between development and stability, is an interesting and exciting addition to the literature."American Political Science Review "'Must' reading for all those interested in comparative politics or in the study of development."Dankwart A. Rustow,Journal of International Affairs

Author Biography

Samuel P. Huntington, one of America’s most influential political thinkers, is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University and the author of many books including The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order and Who Are We?
 

Table of Contents

List of Tables x
Foreword by Francis Fukuyama xi
Preface xix
1. POLITICAL ORDER AND POLITICAL DECAY 1(92)
The Political Gap
1(7)
Political Institutions: Community and Political Order
8(24)
Social Forces and Political Institutions
8(4)
Criteria of Political Institutionalization
12(12)
Political Institutions and Public Interests
24(8)
Political Participation: Modernization and Political Decay
32(46)
Modernization and Political Consciousness
32(7)
Modernization and Violence
39(20)
Modernization and Corruption
59(13)
The City-Country Gap: Urban Breakthrough and Green Uprising
72(6)
Political Stability: Civic and Praetorian Polities
78(15)
2. POLITICAL MODERNIZATION: AMERICA VS. EUROPE 93(47)
Three Patterns of Modernization
93(5)
Rationalization of Authority
98(11)
Differentiation of Structure
109(13)
Tudor Institutions and Mass Participation
122(12)
Tudor Polity and Modernizing Societies
134(6)
3. POLITICAL CHANGE IN TRADITIONAL POLITIES 140(52)
Power, Institutions, and Political Modernization
140(8)
Traditional Political Systems
148(5)
Policy Innovation: Reform vs. Liberty
153(13)
Group Assimilation: Pluralism vs. Equality
166(11)
The King's Dilemma: Success vs. Survival
177(15)
Transformation
177(3)
Coexistence
180(5)
Maintenance
185(7)
4. PRAETORIANISM AND POLITICAL DECAY 192(72)
The Sources of Praetorianism
192(6)
Oligarchical to Radical Praetorianism: Breakthrough Coups and the Soldier as Reformer
198(10)
Radical Praetorianism: Social Forces and Political Techniques
208(11)
Radical to Mass Praetorianism: Veto Coups and the Soldier as Guardian
219(18)
Praetorianism to Civic Order: The Soldier as Institution-Builder
237(27)
5. REVOLUTION AND POLITICAL ORDER 264(80)
Modernization by Revolution
264(10)
Institutional and Social Circumstances of Revolution
274(4)
The City and Revolution
278(13)
Lumpenproletariat
278(5)
Industrial Labor
283(5)
Middle-Class Intelligentsia
288(3)
Peasants and Revolution
291(9)
The Revolutionary Alliance and Nationalism
300(8)
Political Development by Revolution
308(26)
Community and Party
308(7)
Mexico
315(10)
Bolivia
325(9)
Leninism and Political Development
334(10)
6. REFORM AND POLITICAL CHANGE 344(53)
Strategy and Tactics of Reform: Fabianism, Blitzkrieg, and Violence
344(18)
Reform: Substitute or Catalyst?
362(18)
The Urban Intelligentsia: Reform as a Catalyst
369(5)
The Peasantry: Reform as a Substitute
374(6)
The Politics of Land Reform
380(17)
7. PARTIES AND POLITICAL STABILITY 397(66)
Modernization and Parties
397(36)
Political Community in Modern Society
397(6)
The Fragility of the No-Party State
403(5)
Strong Parties and Political Stability
408(4)
Processes of Party Development
412(8)
Adaptability of Party Systems
420(13)
The Green Uprising: Party Systems and Rural Mobilization
433(27)
Parties and the Rural-Urban Gap
433(5)
Rural Mobilization through Nationalist Struggle
438(5)
Rural Mobilization through Party Competition: The Conservatism of Democracy
443(5)
Two-Party Competition and Ruralizing Elections
448(12)
The Organizational Imperative
460(3)
Index 463

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