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A Critical Analysis of the Writings of Samuel P. Huntington on Political Stability and Violence

Samuel P. Huntington has argued that political stability is dependent on the degree of institutionalization of participation in the political system. Critical analysis of hypotheses reveals serious flaws in his logic. His concepts were shown to be very hard to make operational and to test. The main hypothesis of a direct relationship between institutionalization and stability was shown to be influenced most likely by additional intervening variables.
This study seeks to survey and analyze some of the problems which have arisen with the present state of theory in comparative politics. However, this thesis is particularly interested in .Huntington's work which covers the evolution of his thinking regarding the relation of violence and of political stability, i.e., the degree of government and not the form, with the institutionalization of participation.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663779
Date05 1900
CreatorsStansell, Loran Wade
ContributorsReban, Milan Jan, Kamman, William
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 109 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Stansell, Loran Wade, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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