Political Order in Changing Societies

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Political Order in Changing Societies is a seminal 1968 work of political science that analyzes how rapid modernization and weak institutions can lead to political instability and violence in developing countries.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
political science book ⓘ
academicDiscipline political science ⓘ
academicReception highly influential in debates on modernization and stability ⓘ
seminal work in political development literature ⓘ
argumentAboutDemocracy stable political order may require strong institutions before mass democracy ⓘ
author Samuel P. Huntington ⓘ
centralThesis institutionalization must keep pace with political participation to avoid disorder ⓘ
political order depends more on the strength of political institutions than on the form of government ⓘ
rapid social change and mobilization combined with weak political institutions produce political instability ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
focusesOn Africa ⓘ
Asia ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
genre political science ⓘ
hasNotableConcept authoritarianism as a possible stage in political development ⓘ
gap between political mobilization and institutionalization ⓘ
role of the military in politics ⓘ
influencedField comparative politics ⓘ
development studies ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
security studies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTopic comparative politics ⓘ
developing countries ⓘ
institutionalization ⓘ
modernization ⓘ
political development ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
political order ⓘ
political violence ⓘ
methodology comparative historical analysis ⓘ
proposesConcept political decay ⓘ
political institutionalization ⓘ
praetorianism ⓘ
publicationYear 1968 ⓘ
publisher Yale University Press ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order ⓘ
The Soldier and the State ⓘ
setting developing societies undergoing rapid modernization ⓘ
structure comparative case studies ⓘ
targetAudience policy makers concerned with development ⓘ
scholars of political science ⓘ
theoreticalApproach modernization theory ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

post–World War II era ⓘ

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American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony → relatedWork → Political Order in Changing Societies ⓘ
The Common Defense → relatedWork → Political Order in Changing Societies ⓘ
Samuel P. Huntington → isKnownFor → Political Order in Changing Societies ⓘ
subject linked to: Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington → notableWork → Political Order in Changing Societies ⓘ
subject linked to: Huntington