Political Order in Changing Societies

Posted on 12 December 2019 by Samuel P. Huntington

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 Best Download [ Political Order in Changing Societies ] by [ Samuel P. Huntington ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Sammy is a leading High Priest of Political Power He is one of the main sources of intellectual justification for some of the most fucked up shit that s happened over the last several decades Of course, this means he gets to be one of the most highly respected Ivy League professors in the US What he has really got a knack for is taking an argument that has some grain of truth to it and twisting it into support for super fucked up policies For example, this book, published in the 60s, takes Sammy is a leading Hig...1968It is perhaps regretful that, post September 11 2001, most people are familiar only with the late Samuel Huntington s Clash of Civilizations but not his earlier seminal works Of these works, Political Order in Changing Societies is perhaps a classic which all students of political science should read.This is considering that although the book was originally written in the 1960s, it is almost brim full of thought provoking, illuminating and, at times, counter intuitive insights about It is perhaps regretful that, post S...The main takeaways from this book for me, personally are below Just to clarify, I fundamentally disagree with many of Huntington s conclusions, but I found it useful to write some of them down Underdeveloped countries tend to be stable developed countries tend to be stable countries undergoing modernization attempting to move from the former to the latter, in other words are likely to experience significant turmoil, however, if they do not have strong political institutions and or a The main takeaways from this book for me, personally are below Just to clarify, I fundamentally disagree with many of Huntington s conclusions, but I found it useful to write some of them down Underdeveloped countries tend to be stable developed countries tend to be stable countries undergoing modernization attempting to move from the former to the latter, in other words are likely to experience significant turmoil, however, if they do not have strong political institutions and or a strong government Modernity breeds stability, but modernization breeds instability p41 The idea that economic success will breed political stability is misguided For in fact, economic development and political stability are two independent goals and progress towards one has no necessary connection to progress towards another p6 Rapid but uneven economic development, the type of which we see in many countries across the globe, is likely to crea...The best one sentence summary of Huntington s book I can think of is an update of Aristotle s Politics for the 20th century Huntington s big point the most important source of political variation between countries is their degree of government, not their type of government is straight out of Aristotle s distinction between proper and degenerate regime types A lot of people read Huntington as a conservative and a defender of elite privilege, but in this book at least Huntington is not The best one sentence summary of Huntington s book I can think of is an update of Aristotle s Politics for the 20th century Huntington s...While published in 1968, it is surprising how relevant and useful some of the insights in this book remain Many do display the dust of the intervening decades, less the dust of scholarship than of global ...A must read book for all poltiicians65 66 Political Order In Changing Society, 1968 65 66 Political Order In Changing Society, 1968 Entstanden in den sp ten 1960ern beschreibt das Buch unter welchen Voraussetzungen es zu stabilen oder instabilen Gesellschaften kommt Huntington geht dabei auf geschichtliche Ausgangssituationen und die Aktionsm glichkeiten der verschiedenen Gesellschaftsgruppen und schichten Gut ...

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12 December 2019

Samuel P. Huntington