POL 3115 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dependency Theory, Strategy Of Unbalanced Growth, Compound Interest
11 Jul 2014
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Emerged in the 1950s but was more important in the 1960s, transition through a complex set of changes in culture, society and economy characterized by industrialization and urbanization, from traditional to modern society. Variant: political development theory: same view of transition, economic development as precondition, main issues; political equality, capacity of political system, differentiation of political roles and structures. Critique of modernization theory as being too optimistic and simplistic, culturally biased and ethnocentric, ignored impact of colonialism and imperialism, problem in understanding traditions. Failure in mt of explaining third world"s politics. Attacked the ethnocentric nature of political development theory. Highlighted the character of indigenous social culture and structure. Economic development leads to social and political disruption. Existing political institutions too weak to respond, leading to political disorder or breakdown. Developing countries need political order before other kind of political development. Still focus on traditional structures as causes of problems. View of unified, coherent military institution not accurate.
