PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: German Nobility, Bourgeoisie, Modernization Theory
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Lecture 21: barrington moore: roads to modernity: 3 routes to modernity (more encompassing than modernization theory, capitalist democracies (uk, france, us) commercial bourgeoisie revolution . Bourgeois revolution: capitalist but fascist (germany, japan) conservative bourgeoisie no revolution . Conservative reaction: not capitalist but communist (china, russia) weak bourgeoisie revolution . In china, the bourgeoisie was weak contributed to communism: why do you need revolutions, to overthrow old feudal order based on landownership and aristocracy (overthrow landed aristocracy, capitalist democracies (uk, france, us) commercial bourgeoisie bourgeois. Revolution: old feudal aristocracy became commercialized, like the bourgeois, capitalist but fascist (germany, japan) conservative bourgeoisie conservative. Why did some aristocracies not commercialize whilst others did: 1) cultural explanation- notions of honor, contempt for trade. Many aristocracies tried to turn to trade where they could (east german nobility turned to sale of grain: 2) opportunities to trade where they were widely available, and not loval, the aristocracy changed direction (england)
