POLSCI 2XX3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reductionism, Inter-American Treaty Of Reciprocal Assistance, Mass Society
16 Dec 2017
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Theoretical models: liberal model, developmentalist model, & the socialist model. The military as a reserve power. inappropriate vocabulary: intervention" , * what explains the re-occurrence of military intervention: structural reasons: hegemonic crisis (political stalemate, circumstantial (accidental)reasons. * modernization theories" explanation: samuel huntington"s political order in changing. Societies: coups are most likely to occur during the transition from tradition to democracy. Three types of coups: breakthrough coups; guardian (or middle class) coup, and veto coup: huntington: as society changes does the role of its military. In the world of oligarchy the soldier is a radical; in the middle class world he is a participant and an arbiter; as the mass society looms on the horizon, he becomes the guardian of the existing order. Thus, the more backward a society the most progressive the role of its military; the more advanced a society becomes, the more conservative and reactionary becomes of the role of its military .
