Huntington's Political Party Thought Research

Huntington·Samuel·P regards order as the first political value than freedom,paid close attention to the political decay of developing countries after the Second World War,based on a great deal of researches,proposed his Political Development Theory.Huntington pointed out that the primary cause of the political decay of developing countries,to solve it,the level of political institutionalization must be improved.Huntington further pointed out that the key of solving the contradiction between political participation and political institutionalization,of achieving political stability and political development is the organization of powerful party.This writing mainly based on Huntington’s discuss about party in ‘POLITICAL ORDER IN CHANGING SOCIETIES’,set in Huntington’s political development theory and practical political condition of developing countries.This writing focus on two key points,one is Huntington’s angle of visual angle of developing countries,another is Huntington’s stress on political order concerning value orientation.This writing is included five parts.The introduction,mainly introduces the setting,research status,research significance of this topic.The first chapter is about‘political party thought of Huntington in modernization perspective’,the first part of it is about the origin and development of party,mainly illustrates the origination cause and the development impetus modernization factor served to party.The second part is about the significance of party,mainly talks about the indispensable role of party in modernizing society.The second chapter is ‘political party thought of Huntington in perspective of political order’,the first part of it is about party’s functions,mainly talks about how party served as a institutionalization mechanism in replying the expanding of political participation.The second part is about party power,mainly talks about the expression and influencing factors of party power.The third part is mainly talked about how party promote the achievement of political institutionalization,political modernization and political order.The forth chapter is some evaluations of Huntington’ thought about party,involves some analysis of value orientation,and significance,and weak points of it.The last part is a epilogue of the article,mainlyabout four conclusions.