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A Study On Huntington's Theory Of Political Development And Its Modern Significance

Posted on:2011-04-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Y HuangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360302470408Subject:Marxist theory and ideological and political education
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Politics development and stability, the necessary factor for all courtiers in the world, is becoming more and more important issue today. Different political scientists have their own particular explanations on it. Democracy, equality and election are playing very crucial role in today's world political research. There are many theoretical researches on Huntington's theory of political development. In china, although all of which have obvious defections and be lack of systematism and integration, there are still some modern significance we can use to find a particular way to develop our Chinese politics.Political development research is always being popular in many countries since its appearance. Which have far-reaching influences on the entire world, especially on developing countries. The core of Huntington's theory is the relation between politics and economics. How to deal with political development and economical growth is the crucial factor for most countries to shake off the domestic riot and political disintegration. Samuel Huntington believes that powerful and effective government is the best way to advance social development, which can effectively meet the demand of ever-increasingly political participation and systemize. The current political institution and guarantee the stability during the process of the political development.In Samuel Huntington's theory, he put forward the aim and ways of how to maintain political development and stability. Mr. Huntington considers that aim of political development is the systemization of political institutions, and the essence of it is still modernization; the way of achieving political development is the perfect combination of revolution and improvement.At the same time, we should notice that Samuel Huntington has been progressing in his theory about political development and stability. In his book《Political Order in Changing Societies, 1968》, Samuel Huntington focus on political stability, but he emphasizes the importance of the democracy in his later book《The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century, 1991》. In addition, Huntington' s corruptive theory will be stressed in the paper as well.Anyway, there is no necessary to concentrate on so many doubtful points in Huntington's theory. We should lay our stress on finding out its modern significance to help us deal with the relation of Reformation, Development and Stability better.
Keywords/Search Tags:political development, political stability, political modernization, democracy, reformation, harmonious society
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