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 of America
surface form: 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
surface form: Cold War era

post–World War II era

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Samuel P. Huntington notableWork Political Order in Changing Societies
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony relatedWork Political Order in Changing Societies
The Common Defense relatedWork Political Order in Changing Societies
Huntington isKnownFor Political Order in Changing Societies
subject surface form: Samuel P. Huntington
Huntington notableWork Political Order in Changing Societies
subject surface form: Samuel P. Huntington