Political Order in Changing Societies

by Samuel P. Huntington; With a new Foreword by Francis Fukuyama

• ISBN13: 9780300116205
• ISBN10: 0300116209
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-05-15
• Publisher: Yale University Press

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