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This page discusses Samuel Huntington's political theories regarding the distinction between socioeconomic and political development, using Tunisia and Egypt as modern examples. It contrasts Huntington's views with post-World War II modernization theory, which viewed development as a single seamless process involving economic, social, and political changes.
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| Huntington | ||
| Edward Shils | ||
| Talcott Parsons | ||
| Walt W. Rostow |
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| UN |
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Post-World War II modernization
Rise of 19th-century European social theory
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"Huntington’s analysis of Egypt in the 1950s and 1960s thus remains eerily relevant today."Source
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"By pointing out that the good things of modernity did not necessarily go together, Huntington played a key role in killing off modernization theory."Source
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"Political development was a separate process from socioeconomic development, he argued, and needed to be understood in its own terms."Source
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