POLSCI 2XX3 Lecture Notes - Authoritarianism, Liberal Democracy, Representative Democracy
8 Dec 2013
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Modernization theory displays how societies change and evolve. Moving from a traditional society to a modern society with values and norms of modernization this movement is also referred to as development. Ascription particularism diffusiveness; you are born to an ascribed social status and you cannot change that. Basis in ways that we interact with eachother. Achievement universalism specificity; lead to treat everyone equally (universal) Rational legal sources of authority economic benefit that we must diffuse from the north the south. Through diffusion of north culture and material aid. Modern man/women political moderation = participatory representative political democracy (institutionalization) Political theories literature are still working in this commodity between revolutionary and developed. Parliamentary democracies and how you can develop in becoming a democracy. The optimistic equation breakdown: economic growth incorporation into the world economic system via capitalist market forces. Changes at the local level: social modernization educational, expansion, information accessibility.
