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The politics of modernization

Title
The politics of modernization / David E. Apter.
Author
Apter, David E. (David Ernest), 1924-2010.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press [1965]

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Description
xvi, 481 pages; 23 cm
Summary
Social sciences. Theoretic analysis. Societys Motivation to bring about social changes, industrialization, and eventually technological changes. Historical and political aspects. The traditional social structure and leadership in tribal peoples. National level movements, government policies and ideologies in capitalist and socialist countries. Long term trends in human relations in USA and USSR. Social implications of modernisation.
Subject
  • Comparative government
  • Political science > History
  • comparative politics
  • Political science
  • Modernisierung
  • Sozialer Wandel
  • Soziologische Theorie
  • Vernieuwing
  • Sociale verandering
  • Natievorming
  • social sciences
  • theory
  • motivation
  • social change
  • industrialization
  • technological change
  • history
  • political aspect
  • tradition
  • social structure
  • leadership
  • tribal people
  • national level
  • government policy
  • capitalist
  • long term
  • trend
  • human relations
  • social implication
  • sciences sociales
  • théorie
  • changement social
  • industrialisation
  • changement technologique
  • histoire
  • aspect politique
  • structure sociale
  • commandement
  • peuple tribal
  • niveau national
  • politique gouvernementale
  • capitaliste
  • long terme
  • tendance
  • relations humaines
  • conséquences sociales
  • ciencias sociales
  • teoría
  • motivación
  • cambio social
  • industrialización
  • cambio tecnológico
  • historia
  • aspecto político
  • tradición
  • estructura social
  • liderazgo
  • pueblo tribal
  • nivel nacional
  • política gubernamental
  • capitalista
  • largo plazo
  • tendencia
  • relaciones humanas
  • consecuencias sociales
  • socialist countries
  • USA
  • USSR
  • pays socialistes
  • Etats-Unis
  • URSS
  • países socialistas
  • Estados Unidos
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents
Toward a theory of modernization -- Some characteristics of modernization -- The analysis of tradition -- Changing patterns of stratification -- Innovation, professionalism, and the formation of careers -- The political party as a modernizing instrument -- The requisites of government -- The formation of political values -- Ideology in modernizing societies -- The mobilization system as a modernization prototype -- Alternatives to the mobilization system -- The future of democratic society.
ISBN
  • 0226023443
  • 9780226023441
LCCN
65024421
OCLC
  • ocm00222963
  • 222963
  • SCSB-124114
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library