POLS 1207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Modernization Theory, Authoritarianism, Human Development Index
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The optimal political system: democracy- it generates stability from. Poverty correlates with poor social conditions: high infant morality and. High literacy rates lead to higher productivity and better government. Their political systems emerged from cultural and socioeconomic (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) low literacy rates (cid:1) (accountability) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) violence (cid:1) (cid:1) settings that are different form the west. Modernization theory perspective- non western countries should model (cid:1) themselves after west industrialized democracies in order achieve stability and prosperity (cid:1) (cid:1) characterized by ethnic fragmentation (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) can carry out necessary functions: Such gov. must be responsive to broad segment of society and respect. Ps suggested political standards free of ideological or cultural biases. Political development involves the creation of govt. institutions that. Problem is: western countries did not democratize before developing. Is the western model of democracy exportable to societies (cid:1) the population"s fundamental freedoms and civil rights.
