POLS 413 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mobutu Sese Seko, Catholic Church, Social Forces
Document Summary
Equality of political participation growing faster than art of associating together . Mobilization and participation are high but institutionalization is low- conflicts in developing countries. Political development: the institutionalization of political organizations and procedures. Believes to fast of modernization is bad and leads to decay. Brings up past idea of catorgories for describing modernization/political development and problems with nationalism-ethnic basis. Believes social mobilization includes increased political participation=political development-difference between modern and traditional-back to enthic an religion based political organization. Doesn"t argue that these are all not forms of political development but argues theres too many diverse meanings/explanation. Problems with pd with modernization limits with time and space. Varies with scope of support and level of institutiozation. Scope of support: the level in which political organizations and procedures participate in society. Must be stable valued, recurring patterns of behavior. Institutionization: the process by which organizations and procedures acquire value and stability. Measured by its adaptability, complexity, autonomy, and coherence.