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Religion and Political Development in Nineteenth-Century Holland*

The contemporary study of state building and political development remains caught in the grip of the Enlightenment bias that societal differentiation and political modernization go hand in hand with the decline of religious influence in social life. In other words, the bias dictates that modernization and secularization always travel together. Political scientists have been influenced deeply by Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, David Apter, and especially Gabriel Almond who have systematically applied that bias to the study of political development. But while much light has been shed on political development, that bias has also operated to distort aspects of political modernization, at least in Europe. One important reason, though not the only one, for studying political modernization in nineteenth-century Holland is that it challenges the hypothesis (or bias) that modernization and secularization always go hand in hand. In fact, careful study of Christian Democratic movements throughout Europe would reveal that much has been overlooked or misinterpreted by political scientists who have depended uncritically upon the secularization/modernization hypothesis.' The purpose of this article is not to generalize about Christian Democracy, but to consider the specific connection between a reviving Christianity (especially, but not exclusively, Protestant Calvinism) and political modernization in nineteenthcentury Holland.

Crises of Political Development in Europe and the United States. Edited by Raymond Grew. Social Science Research Council Committee on Comparative Politics, Studies in Political Development 9. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1978. Pp. xi + 434. $27.50, cloth; $6.95, paper.)

Crises of Political Development in Europe and the United States. Edited by Raymond Grew. Social Science Research Council Committee on Comparative Politics, Studies in Political Development 9. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1978. Pp. xi + 434. 6.95, paper.) - Volume 74 Issue 2

Ethnocentricity and Value Ambiguity in Political Development Studies

Ethnocentricity and Value Ambiguity in Political Development Studies

Book Reviews : Charles Tilly, editor, The Formation of National States in Western Europe. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1975, xiv, 711 pp. $ 22.50 ($ 4.95 paper). No. 8 in "Studies in Political Development," sponsored by Committee on Comparative Politics of the Social Science Research Council

Book Reviews : Charles Tilly, editor, The Formation of National States in Western Europe. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1975, xiv, 711 pp. $ 22.50 ($ 4.95 paper). No. 8 in "Studies in Political Development," sponsored by Committee on Comparative Politics of the Social Science Research Council

The Formation of National States in Western Europe

Studies of political development have traditionally focused on emerging countries with the shortest histories and poorest documentary records. This book brings the discussion into a realm where the time span is considerable and the documentation is vast--the formation of national states in western Europe. Through a series of essays on major state-making activities, the authors ask what processes and preconditions brought powerful national states, rather than some other form of political organization, into a dominant position in western Europe. The essays compare the experience of major European states between 1500 and 1900 with respect to war-making, policing, taxation, control of food supply, and recruitment and training of professionals and officials. The aim is to determine how well that experience fits available models of political change, especially ideas of political development.

Institutionalization and Political Development: A Conceptual and Theoretical Analysis

In recent years, institutionalization has become one of the key concepts in comparative politics in general, and in the study of political development in particular. This elegant and almost geometrically tidy theory of political order best articulated by Huntington has been acclaimed as a major new school, one that will be able perhaps to narrow what La Palombara called the ‘widening chasm’ between ‘macrotheories and microapplications in comparative politics’. Indeed, Huntington in his book attempted to apply his theoretical tenets to the analysis of such important phenomena as military intervention in politics, corruption and violence, all this via the usage of a few major variables. In the notoriously slippery field of theorizing in comparative politics, this constituted a welcome influx of fresh air. No wonder, then, that Huntington's theory and concepts have been widely prevalent and frequently referred to—again a relative innovation in the easy-come-easy-go world of theories in the study of political development.

Leadership and Politics: Nineteenth Century Serbia

IN THE RECENT LITERATURE on political development, leadership appears as one of the key variables. My study of political development in nineteenth century Serbia confirms that leadership is indeed an important factor. In what I am going to say here, however, I shall not endeavor to test or give specific weight to this variable. Instead, I shall seek to describe the major leadership situations, to identify the main leadership actors, and to point to some of the more important decisions of these actors. Admittedly, I have been selective, and the whole process of political development in Serbia was much more complicated than my general survey indicates.

High Noon in Jerusalem: A Middle East PerspectiveHopes and Fears of Israelis: Consensus in a New Society. By Aaron Antonovsky and Alan Arian The Elections in Israel: 1969. By Alan Arian Jordan: A Study in Political Development (1921-1965). By Naseer H. Aruri The Evasive Peace. By John Davis The Palestinian Resistance. By Gérard Chaliand The Israelis: Founders and Sons. By

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The Pitfalls of the Theory of Modernization

Professor Korbonski has written a thoughtful and thought-provoking essay with which I find myself largely in disagreement, in general and in detail. I hope that the following brief comments will indicate with what, and why, I disagree. But in spite of my disagreements I think that Professor Korbonski’s effort was well worth making. Indeed, I share his view that the study of East European politics can well profit from the study of political development and comparative politics, and indeed already has, for example, from his and Professor Janos’s work.

Iran's ‘White Revolution’: a Study in Political Development

Iran is entering the second decade of its ‘White Revolution’. The Shâh has set forth his own account of it,2 but the scholarly community has, as yet, made no serious attempt at analysing it.3 This omission is glaring regardless of justifications. It is, in fact, an omission which verges on scholarly neglect because, if there is any validity in the propositions of this study, better understanding of Iran's contemporary achievements and dilemmas would seem to require probing the very meaning of the ‘White Revolution’ by going beyond its official label and the adumbration of its programs. The purpose of this paper is to do exactly that. And toward that end it shall seek to utilize concepts of political development as suggested in particular by Professor Gabriel Almond. We prefer these concepts because they facilitate examination of the ‘White Revolution’ within the broad and fundamental framework of the major challenges of Western civilization to Iran.

BOOK REVIEWS

A Modern Arabic Biography of Muammad: A Critical Study of Muammad usayn Haykal's ayt Muammad. By Antonia Wessels. Leiden: E. J. BrillIslamic Rationalism: The Ethics of‘Abd al‐Jabbar. By George F. HouraniLe Thème de i'Aliénation dans le Roman Maghrébin d'Expression Française de 1952 à 1956. By Isaac YetivThe Oxford English‐Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage. Ed. by N. S. DoniachIslamic Education: Its Traditions and Modernization into the Arab National Systems. By A. L. Tibawi. LondonGod and Man in Contemporary Christian Thought God and Man in Contemporary Islamic Thought Jordan: A Study in Political Development, 1921‐1965The Broken Sword of Justice: America, Israel and the Palestinian TragedyArab Culture and Society in Change Compiled by John J. Donohue, Maurice P. Martin, Joseph P. O'Kane, and Joseph L. Ryan

Social Anthropology in the Political Study of New Nation-States

Despite an enormous accumulation of theoretical and empirical literature in the field of political science of developing countries during the last two decades, the profession of political science has not contributed much to our understanding of the process of political development. The main reason for the gap between output and insight in the profession lies in the adherence of a substantial number of political scientists, especially of the American vintage, to behavioural methods and models which are often applied to the study of political development in the new states in the same manner as in the study of developed states. The main argument of this paper is that the political scientist, if he is to obtain better returns on his scholarly efforts, should turn to the theoretical and methodological contributions of other social scientists, especially social anthropologists. With some of the better works of social anthropology as the main focus, three important themes of social anthropological work are consi...

Crises and Sequences in Political Development

Journal Article Crises and Sequences in Political Development Get access Crises and Sequences in Political Development. By Leonard Binderet al. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 1971. 326 pp. Index. (Studies in Political Development 7.) £3.75. F. Parkinson F. Parkinson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 49, Issue 4, October 1973, Pages 631–632, https://doi.org/10.2307/2616487 Published: 01 October 1973

The Politics of Predevelopment

In recent years studies of political development have dealt with two very different concepts: the problem of creating and institutionalizing a viable new political system, on the one hand, and that of adapting an existing political system to a complex modern world, on the other. Evaluation of these phenomena has been complicated by the fact that both have been termed "political development." It is even more difficult because both tasks have been thrust simultaneously upon many of the socalled "emerging" or "third world" nations. In a practical as well as in a theoretical sense, therefore, it has become almost impossible to separate the two phenomena. As the third world nations have emerged from colonial rule, many have had to deal with the necessity of creating entirely new political systems, in the absence of existing organizational bases, and turning them into viable political entities. They have also been confronted with the very different task of adaptation to a complex postindustrial international setting in the era of technology, with the perpetual changes and challenges which this world presents to those who were not among the earliest to cross the industrial-technological threshold. Throughout history, long before the industrial or technological revolutions made the world more complex, nations have faced the task of constructing new political systems. Creating a viable new state has never been a simple task. From the birth of the earliest Greek city-state or the first Chinese state, to the founding of Rome, to the establishment of the American republic, to the independence of the most recently acquired member of the world of nations, societies have been faced with the task of establishing new systems of political organization. Manfred Halpern has suggested that even the creation of a new system is different in the modern era because one must create an "open" system-i.e., a system which has an intrinsic capacity to generate and absorb further transformation.l While it is true that in order to be successful in institutionalizing a new system which will be stable over time,

Cultural Pluralism, Modernization, and Conflict: An Empirical Analysis of Sources of Political Instability in African Nations

Cet article résume les essais de théorisation qui ont cherché à expliquer l'instabilité politique dans les nouvelles nations par des facteurs de pluralisme culturel et de modernisation. Il met ces explications à l'épreuve de données quantitatives portant sur trente pays d'Afrique, situés au sud du Sahara. Le problème théorique est posé à savoir si oui ou non un degré élevé de pluralisme culturel et de modernisation rend compte des différents types d'instabilité politique. On se demande aussi si l'interaction entre le pluralisme culturel et la modernisation rend compte de ces différences. L'analyse empirique comprend la classification des diverses unités culturelles dans les pays d'Afrique, la mesure des taux de changement dans de nombreux indices de modernisation, et la recension des cas de violence politique où des élites opposées et des groupes locaux ont été impliqués. A l'examen des résultats positifs et convergents qui sont atteints par voie d'une opérationnalisation diverse des trois concepts centraux, on arrive à la conclusion que la variation dans le pluralisme culturel est une source importante d'instabilité politique dans les pays d'Afrique, et que la modernisation de ces pays, contrairement à une opinion répandue, a des effets restrictifs sur la probabilité que l'instabilité politique se produise.

Politics and Change in Developing Countries: Studies in the Theory and Practice of Development.

Notes on contributors Editor's preface Introduction Colin Leys Part I. Development as a Problem for Research: 1. Strategies in the study of political development J. P. Nettl Part II. Perspectives on Political Development: 1. Anthropology and political development Joan Vincent 2. Soviet political organization and development Alec Nove 3. The economics of ideology: some problems of achieving rural socialism in Tanzania David Feldman Part III. Working Papers on Political Development: 1. Political recruitment and political development W. H. Morris-Jones 2. Single-party regimes and political change: the P.D.C.I. and Ivory Coast politics Martin Staniland 3. The deadlock in development administration B. B. Schaffer 4. The military and political development Robert E. Dowse 5. The analysis of planning Colin Leys Bibliographical index.

Political Culture and Political Development

Political Culture and Political Development Political Culture and Political Development. Ed. by Lucian W. Pye and Sidney Verba. 2nd ed. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press; London: Oxford University Press. 1969. 574 pp. Index. (Studies in Political Development, 5. Sponsored by the Committee on Comparative Politics of the Social Science Research Council. Princeton Paperbacks No. 144.) $3.45. 30s. International Affairs, Volume 46, Issue 4, October 1970, Page 780, https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/46.4.780a Published: 01 October 1970

Book reviews

Armed Forces and Society. Edited by Jacques van Doom. The Hague and Paris: Mouton. 1968. 386 pp. 133s 6d. The Military Intervenes: Case Studies in Political Development. Edited by Henry Bienen. (Preface by Morris Janowitz.) New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 1968. 175 pp. $7.00. The American Study of International Relations. By William T. R. Fox. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina. 1968. 116 pp. $3.50. Image and Reality in World Politics. Edited by John C. Farrell and Asa P. Smith. New York and London: Columbia University Press. 1968. 140 pp. $2.25 and 20s. A World of Nations: Problems of Political Modernization. By Dankwart A. Rustow. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution. 1967. 306 pp. $7.95 72s. The Complete Bolivian Diaries of Che Guevara and Other Captured Documents. Edited by Daniel James. London: Allen & Unwin. 1968. 330 pp. 42s. Venceremos: The Speeches and Writings of Ernesto Che Guevara. Edited by John Gerassi. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1968. 442 pp. 50s. Régis Debray and the Latin American Revolution. Edited by Leo Huberman and Paul M. Sweezy. New York and London: Monthly Review Press. 1968. 138 pp. $5.00 and 45s. Danmark og NATO. By Erling Bj⊘i, Niels J⊘orgen Haagerup, Otto Kofoed‐Hansen, Erik Reske‐Nielsen, Erik Seidenfaden. Copenhagen: Gyldendal. 1968. 223 pp. No price quoted.

A World of Nations: Problems of Political Modernization, Political Parties and Political Development and The Conflicted Relationship: The West and The Transformation of Asia, Africa and Latin America

Journal Article A World of Nations: Problems of Political Modernization, Political Parties and Political Development and The Conflicted Relationship: The West and The Transformation of Asia, Africa and Latin America Get access A World of Nations: Problems of Political Modernization. By Dankwart A. Rustow. Foreword by Kermit Gordon. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. 1967. London: Allen & Unwin. 1968. 306 pp. Index. $7.95. 75s. Paperback: 28s.Political Parties and Political Development. Ed. by Joseph LaPalombara and Myron Weiner. Foreword by Lucian W. Pye. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 1966. London: Oxford University Press. 1967. 487 pp. Bibliog. Index. (Studies in Political Development, No. 6.) 68s.The Conflicted Relationship: The West and The Transformation of Asia, Africa and Latin America. By Theodore Geiger. New York, Toronto, London, Sydney: McGraw-Hill for the Council on Foreign Relations. 1967. 303 pp. Index. (The Atlantic Policy Studies.) $7.95. C. R. Hensman C. R. Hensman Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 45, Issue 2, April 1969, Pages 317–319, https://doi.org/10.2307/2613036 Published: 01 April 1969

Political perspectives of opinion leaders in Uganda

This study was a cooperative venture of the Uganda Extra-Mural Depart ment, the East African Institute of Social Research and the International Center for Intergroup Relations of the École Pratique des Hautes Études and the International Social Science Council, Paris. Unesco provided financial support through a grant administered by the International Center for Inter group Relations. The author is indebted to many people who helped in collecting and processing the material. The Extra-Mural Resident Tutors, Thalma Awori, Steve Brazier, Chango Machyo, and Wyn Williams along with Kristen Timothy helped administer the questionnaires. Additional assis tance was provided by the Political Science Research Program of the East African Institute of Social Research, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Center for the Comparative Study of Political Development, of the Uni versity of Chicago. Thanks are also due to the author's wife for preparing the codebook, and to the staff of the International Center for Intergroup Relations, for the difficult work of coding the material. Computer time for processing the data was made available from a grant administered through the University of Chicago, Division of the Social Sciences. Portions of this report were previously made available to the Uganda extra-mural students who cooperated in our venture *.