Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET December 2019 Political Science
The book 'Political Order in Changing Societies' is written by
ALucian Pye
BG.A. Almond
CErnest Barker
DS.P. Huntington ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) S.P. Huntington — Samuel P. Huntington wrote Political Order in Changing Societies (1968), so he is the answer.
Explanation
★Samuel P. Huntington wrote Political Order in Changing Societies (1968), so he is the answer.
★Published in 1968, it challenged the optimism of modernisation theory.
★He argued that rapid modernisation without strong institutions breeds instability.
★Order and stable institutions, he held, are as vital as economic growth.
★He stressed political institutionalisation as the basis of a stable polity.
★Lucian Pye and Gabriel Almond worked on development but did not write this work.
★Ernest Barker was a theorist of the state in a different tradition.
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