Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
Who among the following stated that a developing society, in order to reach the goals of development, would have to pass through the stages of political unification, industrialization, national welfare and abundance?
ARostow
BOrganski ✓ Correct
CLucian Pye
DDavid Apter
Correct answer: (B) Organski — These stages of development were stated by A.F.K. Organski.
Explanation
★These stages of development were stated by A.F.K. Organski.
★Organski set out a stagist theory of political development in his work on the subject.
★His stages run from political unification through industrialization to national welfare and abundance.
★Each stage marks a distinct task that a developing polity must accomplish.
★Rostow gave a similar but economic five-stage model of growth.
★Lucian Pye spoke instead of crises of political development and a development syndrome.
★David Apter wrote on the politics of modernization rather than these particular stages.
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