Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET 2023 Political Science
Who gave the idea of breakdown of modernization?
AS.N. Eisenstadt
BDavid Apter
CSamuel Huntington ✓ Correct
DLucian Pye
Correct answer: (C) Samuel Huntington — Samuel Huntington gave the idea of the breakdown of modernization, so he is the answer.
Explanation
★Samuel Huntington gave the idea of the breakdown of modernization, so he is the answer.
★He argued that rapid modernisation can cause instability and breakdown.
★This happens when institutions cannot manage the new demands of change.
★It is part of his broader analysis of political order and decay.
★He set out these ideas in Political Order in Changing Societies (1968).
★Strong institutions are needed to absorb the stresses of modernisation.
★Eisenstadt, Apter and Pye worked on modernisation from other angles.
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