Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET December 2014 Political Science
According to Riggs, the lack of balance between equality and capacity is
ADevelopmental syndrome
BDevelopmental trap ✓ Correct
CPolitical decay
DGoal-changing
Correct answer: (B) Developmental trap — According to Riggs, an imbalance between equality and capacity creates a developmental trap, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★According to Riggs, an imbalance between equality and capacity creates a developmental trap, so that is the answer.
★Riggs argued that stressing one at the cost of the other hinders development.
★He defined development as the rising autonomy of the social system.
★This autonomy grows through increasing structural differentiation.
★Differentiation is therefore crucial for political development.
★Political decay, by contrast, is Huntington's term for institutional breakdown.
★So the lack of balance between equality and capacity is the developmental trap.
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