Political Order in Changing Societies is a book by Samuel P. Huntington dealing with changes in the political systems and political institutions. Huntington argues that those changes are caused are by tensions within the political and social system. Dr. Samuel P. Huntington in 1985 Samuel Phillips Huntington (born April 18, 1927) is a political scientist known for his analysis of the relationship between the military and the civil government, his investigation of coups detat, and his thesis that the central political actors of the 21st century will... A political system is a social system of politics and government. ... Political Institution is a web of relationships lasting over time, and an established structure of power. ... Social structure (also referred to as a social system) is a system in which people forming the society are organized by a patterns of prelationships. ...

In contrast to the modernization theory which suggest that economic change and development are catalysts in the creation of stable, democratic political systems, Huntington argues that such factors as urbanization, increased literacy, social mobilization, and economic growth do not go hand in hand with political development; the processes are related but distinct. Modernization theory is a socio-economic theory, sometimes known as (or as being encompassed within) development theory, which highlights the positive role played by the developed world in modernizing and facilitating sustainable development in underdeveloped nations, often contrasted with dependency theory. ... World literacy rates by country The traditional definition of literacy is the ability to use language–to read, write, listen, and speak. ... Accumulated GDP growth for various countries. ...

Huntington argues that order itself was an important goal of developing societies, independent of the question of whether that order was democratic, authoritarian, socialist, or free-market. // Order may refer to: Religious Holy Orders, the rite or sacrament in which clergy are ordained The monastic orders, originating with Anthony the Great and Benedict of Nursia from circa 300 the military orders of the crusades the various chivalric orders established since the 14th century Honors Order (decoration) Legal... Democracy is a form of government under which the power to alter the laws and structures of government lies, ultimately, with the citizenry. ... The term authoritarian is used to describe an organization or a state which enforces strong and sometimes oppressive measures against the population, generally without attempts at gaining the consent of the population. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Market economy. ...

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• "The most important political distinction among countries concerns not their form of government but their degree of government."
• "The primary thesis of this book is that [the violence and instability characteristic of the post-WWII era] was in large part the product of rapid social change and the rapid mobilization of new groups into politics coupled with the slow development of political institutions"
• "The primary problem of politics is the lag in the development of political institutions behind social and economic change"

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• Reviewed by Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, September/October 1997
• Review author[s: A. F. K. Organski, The American Political Science Review, Vol. 63, No. 3. (Sep., 1969), pp. 921-922. ]
• Gordon C. Ruscoe, Comparative Education Review, Vol. 14, No. 3, Papers and Proceedings: Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Atlanta Georgia, March 22-24, 1970. (Oct., 1970), pp. 385-386.