POLSCI 2XX3 Lecture Notes - United States President'S Commission On Cia Activities Within The United States, Elective Affinities, Liberal Democracy
25 Sep 2013
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Max weber"s the protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism (elective affinity) Development is an irreversible, one- directional, unilinear, evolutionary voyage from traditional to modern society transition change differentiation progress development. Continual theory; claim was that how much people will try individuals will always evolve; constantly progressing. Modernization is the process of transition from traditional to modern principles of social organization. The diffusion theories: material aid: trickle down theories, intellectual aid: oil spot theories. The theories of political development: the optimistic. President kennedy"s alliance for progress: the optimistic equation. Rational-legal authority: social modernization , modern wo/man , political moderation. By the end of the 1960s, rather than representative democracy latin america was populated by military regimes. Unable to explain how change occur (evolutionary) Conservative, favouring gradual change over radical structural transformation: ( the goal of reform is to prevent revolution ) The politics of order: bending over backward to justify authoritarian regimes. Barrington moore"s social origins of dictatorship and democracy:
