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Strategic Planning and the Political Process

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Strategic Planning and the Political Process." Foreign Affairs v. 38, n. 2 (1960): 285-299.
For a decade or more statesmen and scholars have been unhappy about American methods of making decisions on strategic programs–that is, decisions on the over-all size of the military… More

Political Development and Political Decay

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Development and Political Decay." World Politics v. 17 (3) (1965): 386-430.
“Among the laws that rule human societies,” de Tocqueville said, “there is one which seems to be more precise and clear than all others. If men are to remain civilized or… More

Political Modernization: America vs. Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Modernization: America vs. Europe." World Politics v. 18, n. 3 (1966): 378-414.
Political modernization involves, let us assume, three things. First, it involves the rationalization of authority: the replacement of a large number of traditional, religious, familial,… More

The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies." Daedalus v. 95, n. 3 (1966): 763-788.
“The withering away of European colonial empires has virtually eliminated what was widely believed to be a highly anachronistic type of political order. There still remain, however,… More

Political Order in Changing Societies

– Huntington, Samuel P. Political Order in Changing Societies. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968.
Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an important… More

Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization

– Salamon, Lester. "Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization." World Politics 23 (Oct. 1970): 83-103.
“One of the sorest needs in the social sciences is for clear and concise conceptual equipment to give structure to disciplines and order to the range of hypotheses these disciplines… More

Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology

– Kessleman, Mark. "Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology." World Politics 26 (Oct  1973): 139-154.
“The term ‘political development’ originated during the cold war. After WWII, the prevalent attitude in the United States toward the Third World resembled that toward… More

No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries

– Huntington, Samuel P and Joan Nelson. No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976.
“Two leading writers on the processes of political development present a lucid analysis of the growth and desirability of political participation in developing countries and the ways… More

Reform and Stability in South Africa

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Reform and Stability in South Africa." International Security v. 6, n. 4 (1982): 3-25.
“Multi-ethnic or multi-racial systems can be classified as vertical or hierarchical, on the one hand, and horizontal or parallel on the other. In a vertical or hierarchical system,… More

The Varieties of Revolution

– Dix, Robert. "The Varieties of Revolution." Comparative Politics 15:3 (Apr 1983): 281-294.
“In his Political Order in Changing Societies Samuel Huntington delineated two types of revolutions or revolutionary processes, the Western and the Eastern. Huntington argues, along… More

Will More Countries Become Democratic?

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Will More Countries Become Democratic?" Political Science Quarterly v. 99, n. 2 (1984): 193-218.
What are the prospects for the emergence of more democratic regimes in the world? This question has intellectual and policy relevance for the 1980s. During the 1950s and early 1960s,… More

Global Dilemmas

– Eds. Huntington, Samuel and Joseph Nye. Global Dilemmas. Cambridge: Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, 1985.
This collection, marking the 25th anniversary of Harvard’s Center for International Affairs, represents central issues for research in international affairs during this decade. Some… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy’s Third Wave." Journal of Democracy, v. 2, n. 2 (1991): 12-34.
Between 1974 and 1990, at least 30 countries made transitions to democracy, just about doubling the number of democratic governments in the world. Were these democratizations part of a… More

The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Schmitter, Philippe C. "Democracy's Third Wave." The Review of Politics 55:2 (Spring 1993): 348-351.

Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective

– Munck, Gerardo. "Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective." Comparative Politics 26:3 (Apr. 1994): 355-375.
“The surge of democratic governments, starting in 1974 and continuing through the early 1990s is probably the political sign of our time. The political changes entailed, if broadly… More

The Tide Underneath the ‘Third Wave’

– Rowen, Henry. "The Tide Underneath the 'Third Wave'." Journal of Democracy 6:1 (Jan 1995): 52-64.
“The collapse of the socialist model, the increase in the number of democracies throughout the world, and the growing influence of East Asia have made the relative prospects of… More

Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments

– Schneider, Ben Ross. "Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments." Latin American Research Review 30:2 (Spring 1995): 215-234.
“These four ambitious books address similar concerns and raise several questions in common. First, they move beyond the analysis of transitions to democracy to focus on consolidation.… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

Political Order in Changing Societies by Francis Fukuyama

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Political Order in Changing Societies." Foreign Affairs 76:5 (Sept/Oct 1997): 215-216.
“Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray

– Zimmerling, Ruth. "Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 44:2 (June 2003): 196-216.
“In this paper I will take a critical look at the state of knowledge about prerequisites of democracy within the academic discipline of political science. I will argue that over the… More

How Countries Democratize

– Huntington, Samuel P. "How Countries Democratize." Political Science Quarterly v. 124, n. 1 (2009): 31.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This… More

Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt

– Sarihan, Ali. "Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt." Turkish Journal of Politics 3.1 (Summer 2012): 67-85.
In this paper, I will analyze the participation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab Spring using Huntington’s theory of third wave democratization. I will begin this examination with a brief… More

Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa

– Nwosu, Bernard Ugochukwu. "Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa." Review of African Political Economy 39:131 (2012): 11-25.
The sweep of the third-wave moment of democratic impulses through Africa saw mass movements against authoritarian rule and the demand for liberalisation of political spaces. Ruling-group… More

Essays

Strategic Planning and the Political Process

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Strategic Planning and the Political Process." Foreign Affairs v. 38, n. 2 (1960): 285-299.
For a decade or more statesmen and scholars have been unhappy about American methods of making decisions on strategic programs–that is, decisions on the over-all size of the military… More

Political Development and Political Decay

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Development and Political Decay." World Politics v. 17 (3) (1965): 386-430.
“Among the laws that rule human societies,” de Tocqueville said, “there is one which seems to be more precise and clear than all others. If men are to remain civilized or… More

Political Modernization: America vs. Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Modernization: America vs. Europe." World Politics v. 18, n. 3 (1966): 378-414.
Political modernization involves, let us assume, three things. First, it involves the rationalization of authority: the replacement of a large number of traditional, religious, familial,… More

The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies." Daedalus v. 95, n. 3 (1966): 763-788.
“The withering away of European colonial empires has virtually eliminated what was widely believed to be a highly anachronistic type of political order. There still remain, however,… More

Political Order in Changing Societies

– Huntington, Samuel P. Political Order in Changing Societies. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968.
Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an important… More

Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization

– Salamon, Lester. "Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization." World Politics 23 (Oct. 1970): 83-103.
“One of the sorest needs in the social sciences is for clear and concise conceptual equipment to give structure to disciplines and order to the range of hypotheses these disciplines… More

Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology

– Kessleman, Mark. "Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology." World Politics 26 (Oct  1973): 139-154.
“The term ‘political development’ originated during the cold war. After WWII, the prevalent attitude in the United States toward the Third World resembled that toward… More

No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries

– Huntington, Samuel P and Joan Nelson. No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976.
“Two leading writers on the processes of political development present a lucid analysis of the growth and desirability of political participation in developing countries and the ways… More

Reform and Stability in South Africa

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Reform and Stability in South Africa." International Security v. 6, n. 4 (1982): 3-25.
“Multi-ethnic or multi-racial systems can be classified as vertical or hierarchical, on the one hand, and horizontal or parallel on the other. In a vertical or hierarchical system,… More

The Varieties of Revolution

– Dix, Robert. "The Varieties of Revolution." Comparative Politics 15:3 (Apr 1983): 281-294.
“In his Political Order in Changing Societies Samuel Huntington delineated two types of revolutions or revolutionary processes, the Western and the Eastern. Huntington argues, along… More

Will More Countries Become Democratic?

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Will More Countries Become Democratic?" Political Science Quarterly v. 99, n. 2 (1984): 193-218.
What are the prospects for the emergence of more democratic regimes in the world? This question has intellectual and policy relevance for the 1980s. During the 1950s and early 1960s,… More

Global Dilemmas

– Eds. Huntington, Samuel and Joseph Nye. Global Dilemmas. Cambridge: Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, 1985.
This collection, marking the 25th anniversary of Harvard’s Center for International Affairs, represents central issues for research in international affairs during this decade. Some… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy’s Third Wave." Journal of Democracy, v. 2, n. 2 (1991): 12-34.
Between 1974 and 1990, at least 30 countries made transitions to democracy, just about doubling the number of democratic governments in the world. Were these democratizations part of a… More

The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Schmitter, Philippe C. "Democracy's Third Wave." The Review of Politics 55:2 (Spring 1993): 348-351.

Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective

– Munck, Gerardo. "Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective." Comparative Politics 26:3 (Apr. 1994): 355-375.
“The surge of democratic governments, starting in 1974 and continuing through the early 1990s is probably the political sign of our time. The political changes entailed, if broadly… More

The Tide Underneath the ‘Third Wave’

– Rowen, Henry. "The Tide Underneath the 'Third Wave'." Journal of Democracy 6:1 (Jan 1995): 52-64.
“The collapse of the socialist model, the increase in the number of democracies throughout the world, and the growing influence of East Asia have made the relative prospects of… More

Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments

– Schneider, Ben Ross. "Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments." Latin American Research Review 30:2 (Spring 1995): 215-234.
“These four ambitious books address similar concerns and raise several questions in common. First, they move beyond the analysis of transitions to democracy to focus on consolidation.… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

Political Order in Changing Societies by Francis Fukuyama

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Political Order in Changing Societies." Foreign Affairs 76:5 (Sept/Oct 1997): 215-216.
“Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray

– Zimmerling, Ruth. "Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 44:2 (June 2003): 196-216.
“In this paper I will take a critical look at the state of knowledge about prerequisites of democracy within the academic discipline of political science. I will argue that over the… More

How Countries Democratize

– Huntington, Samuel P. "How Countries Democratize." Political Science Quarterly v. 124, n. 1 (2009): 31.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This… More

Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt

– Sarihan, Ali. "Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt." Turkish Journal of Politics 3.1 (Summer 2012): 67-85.
In this paper, I will analyze the participation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab Spring using Huntington’s theory of third wave democratization. I will begin this examination with a brief… More

Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa

– Nwosu, Bernard Ugochukwu. "Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa." Review of African Political Economy 39:131 (2012): 11-25.
The sweep of the third-wave moment of democratic impulses through Africa saw mass movements against authoritarian rule and the demand for liberalisation of political spaces. Ruling-group… More

Commentary

Strategic Planning and the Political Process

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Strategic Planning and the Political Process." Foreign Affairs v. 38, n. 2 (1960): 285-299.
For a decade or more statesmen and scholars have been unhappy about American methods of making decisions on strategic programs–that is, decisions on the over-all size of the military… More

Political Development and Political Decay

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Development and Political Decay." World Politics v. 17 (3) (1965): 386-430.
“Among the laws that rule human societies,” de Tocqueville said, “there is one which seems to be more precise and clear than all others. If men are to remain civilized or… More

Political Modernization: America vs. Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Modernization: America vs. Europe." World Politics v. 18, n. 3 (1966): 378-414.
Political modernization involves, let us assume, three things. First, it involves the rationalization of authority: the replacement of a large number of traditional, religious, familial,… More

The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies." Daedalus v. 95, n. 3 (1966): 763-788.
“The withering away of European colonial empires has virtually eliminated what was widely believed to be a highly anachronistic type of political order. There still remain, however,… More

Political Order in Changing Societies

– Huntington, Samuel P. Political Order in Changing Societies. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968.
Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an important… More

Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization

– Salamon, Lester. "Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization." World Politics 23 (Oct. 1970): 83-103.
“One of the sorest needs in the social sciences is for clear and concise conceptual equipment to give structure to disciplines and order to the range of hypotheses these disciplines… More

Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology

– Kessleman, Mark. "Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology." World Politics 26 (Oct  1973): 139-154.
“The term ‘political development’ originated during the cold war. After WWII, the prevalent attitude in the United States toward the Third World resembled that toward… More

No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries

– Huntington, Samuel P and Joan Nelson. No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976.
“Two leading writers on the processes of political development present a lucid analysis of the growth and desirability of political participation in developing countries and the ways… More

Reform and Stability in South Africa

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Reform and Stability in South Africa." International Security v. 6, n. 4 (1982): 3-25.
“Multi-ethnic or multi-racial systems can be classified as vertical or hierarchical, on the one hand, and horizontal or parallel on the other. In a vertical or hierarchical system,… More

The Varieties of Revolution

– Dix, Robert. "The Varieties of Revolution." Comparative Politics 15:3 (Apr 1983): 281-294.
“In his Political Order in Changing Societies Samuel Huntington delineated two types of revolutions or revolutionary processes, the Western and the Eastern. Huntington argues, along… More

Will More Countries Become Democratic?

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Will More Countries Become Democratic?" Political Science Quarterly v. 99, n. 2 (1984): 193-218.
What are the prospects for the emergence of more democratic regimes in the world? This question has intellectual and policy relevance for the 1980s. During the 1950s and early 1960s,… More

Global Dilemmas

– Eds. Huntington, Samuel and Joseph Nye. Global Dilemmas. Cambridge: Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, 1985.
This collection, marking the 25th anniversary of Harvard’s Center for International Affairs, represents central issues for research in international affairs during this decade. Some… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy’s Third Wave." Journal of Democracy, v. 2, n. 2 (1991): 12-34.
Between 1974 and 1990, at least 30 countries made transitions to democracy, just about doubling the number of democratic governments in the world. Were these democratizations part of a… More

The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Schmitter, Philippe C. "Democracy's Third Wave." The Review of Politics 55:2 (Spring 1993): 348-351.

Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective

– Munck, Gerardo. "Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective." Comparative Politics 26:3 (Apr. 1994): 355-375.
“The surge of democratic governments, starting in 1974 and continuing through the early 1990s is probably the political sign of our time. The political changes entailed, if broadly… More

The Tide Underneath the ‘Third Wave’

– Rowen, Henry. "The Tide Underneath the 'Third Wave'." Journal of Democracy 6:1 (Jan 1995): 52-64.
“The collapse of the socialist model, the increase in the number of democracies throughout the world, and the growing influence of East Asia have made the relative prospects of… More

Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments

– Schneider, Ben Ross. "Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments." Latin American Research Review 30:2 (Spring 1995): 215-234.
“These four ambitious books address similar concerns and raise several questions in common. First, they move beyond the analysis of transitions to democracy to focus on consolidation.… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

Political Order in Changing Societies by Francis Fukuyama

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Political Order in Changing Societies." Foreign Affairs 76:5 (Sept/Oct 1997): 215-216.
“Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray

– Zimmerling, Ruth. "Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 44:2 (June 2003): 196-216.
“In this paper I will take a critical look at the state of knowledge about prerequisites of democracy within the academic discipline of political science. I will argue that over the… More

How Countries Democratize

– Huntington, Samuel P. "How Countries Democratize." Political Science Quarterly v. 124, n. 1 (2009): 31.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This… More

Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt

– Sarihan, Ali. "Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt." Turkish Journal of Politics 3.1 (Summer 2012): 67-85.
In this paper, I will analyze the participation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab Spring using Huntington’s theory of third wave democratization. I will begin this examination with a brief… More

Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa

– Nwosu, Bernard Ugochukwu. "Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa." Review of African Political Economy 39:131 (2012): 11-25.
The sweep of the third-wave moment of democratic impulses through Africa saw mass movements against authoritarian rule and the demand for liberalisation of political spaces. Ruling-group… More

Multimedia

Strategic Planning and the Political Process

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Strategic Planning and the Political Process." Foreign Affairs v. 38, n. 2 (1960): 285-299.
For a decade or more statesmen and scholars have been unhappy about American methods of making decisions on strategic programs–that is, decisions on the over-all size of the military… More

Political Development and Political Decay

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Development and Political Decay." World Politics v. 17 (3) (1965): 386-430.
“Among the laws that rule human societies,” de Tocqueville said, “there is one which seems to be more precise and clear than all others. If men are to remain civilized or… More

Political Modernization: America vs. Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Modernization: America vs. Europe." World Politics v. 18, n. 3 (1966): 378-414.
Political modernization involves, let us assume, three things. First, it involves the rationalization of authority: the replacement of a large number of traditional, religious, familial,… More

The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies." Daedalus v. 95, n. 3 (1966): 763-788.
“The withering away of European colonial empires has virtually eliminated what was widely believed to be a highly anachronistic type of political order. There still remain, however,… More

Political Order in Changing Societies

– Huntington, Samuel P. Political Order in Changing Societies. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968.
Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an important… More

Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization

– Salamon, Lester. "Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization." World Politics 23 (Oct. 1970): 83-103.
“One of the sorest needs in the social sciences is for clear and concise conceptual equipment to give structure to disciplines and order to the range of hypotheses these disciplines… More

Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology

– Kessleman, Mark. "Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology." World Politics 26 (Oct  1973): 139-154.
“The term ‘political development’ originated during the cold war. After WWII, the prevalent attitude in the United States toward the Third World resembled that toward… More

No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries

– Huntington, Samuel P and Joan Nelson. No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976.
“Two leading writers on the processes of political development present a lucid analysis of the growth and desirability of political participation in developing countries and the ways… More

Reform and Stability in South Africa

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Reform and Stability in South Africa." International Security v. 6, n. 4 (1982): 3-25.
“Multi-ethnic or multi-racial systems can be classified as vertical or hierarchical, on the one hand, and horizontal or parallel on the other. In a vertical or hierarchical system,… More

The Varieties of Revolution

– Dix, Robert. "The Varieties of Revolution." Comparative Politics 15:3 (Apr 1983): 281-294.
“In his Political Order in Changing Societies Samuel Huntington delineated two types of revolutions or revolutionary processes, the Western and the Eastern. Huntington argues, along… More

Will More Countries Become Democratic?

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Will More Countries Become Democratic?" Political Science Quarterly v. 99, n. 2 (1984): 193-218.
What are the prospects for the emergence of more democratic regimes in the world? This question has intellectual and policy relevance for the 1980s. During the 1950s and early 1960s,… More

Global Dilemmas

– Eds. Huntington, Samuel and Joseph Nye. Global Dilemmas. Cambridge: Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, 1985.
This collection, marking the 25th anniversary of Harvard’s Center for International Affairs, represents central issues for research in international affairs during this decade. Some… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy’s Third Wave." Journal of Democracy, v. 2, n. 2 (1991): 12-34.
Between 1974 and 1990, at least 30 countries made transitions to democracy, just about doubling the number of democratic governments in the world. Were these democratizations part of a… More

The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Schmitter, Philippe C. "Democracy's Third Wave." The Review of Politics 55:2 (Spring 1993): 348-351.

Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective

– Munck, Gerardo. "Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective." Comparative Politics 26:3 (Apr. 1994): 355-375.
“The surge of democratic governments, starting in 1974 and continuing through the early 1990s is probably the political sign of our time. The political changes entailed, if broadly… More

The Tide Underneath the ‘Third Wave’

– Rowen, Henry. "The Tide Underneath the 'Third Wave'." Journal of Democracy 6:1 (Jan 1995): 52-64.
“The collapse of the socialist model, the increase in the number of democracies throughout the world, and the growing influence of East Asia have made the relative prospects of… More

Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments

– Schneider, Ben Ross. "Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments." Latin American Research Review 30:2 (Spring 1995): 215-234.
“These four ambitious books address similar concerns and raise several questions in common. First, they move beyond the analysis of transitions to democracy to focus on consolidation.… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

Political Order in Changing Societies by Francis Fukuyama

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Political Order in Changing Societies." Foreign Affairs 76:5 (Sept/Oct 1997): 215-216.
“Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray

– Zimmerling, Ruth. "Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 44:2 (June 2003): 196-216.
“In this paper I will take a critical look at the state of knowledge about prerequisites of democracy within the academic discipline of political science. I will argue that over the… More

How Countries Democratize

– Huntington, Samuel P. "How Countries Democratize." Political Science Quarterly v. 124, n. 1 (2009): 31.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This… More

Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt

– Sarihan, Ali. "Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt." Turkish Journal of Politics 3.1 (Summer 2012): 67-85.
In this paper, I will analyze the participation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab Spring using Huntington’s theory of third wave democratization. I will begin this examination with a brief… More

Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa

– Nwosu, Bernard Ugochukwu. "Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa." Review of African Political Economy 39:131 (2012): 11-25.
The sweep of the third-wave moment of democratic impulses through Africa saw mass movements against authoritarian rule and the demand for liberalisation of political spaces. Ruling-group… More

Teaching

Strategic Planning and the Political Process

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Strategic Planning and the Political Process." Foreign Affairs v. 38, n. 2 (1960): 285-299.
For a decade or more statesmen and scholars have been unhappy about American methods of making decisions on strategic programs–that is, decisions on the over-all size of the military… More

Political Development and Political Decay

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Development and Political Decay." World Politics v. 17 (3) (1965): 386-430.
“Among the laws that rule human societies,” de Tocqueville said, “there is one which seems to be more precise and clear than all others. If men are to remain civilized or… More

Political Modernization: America vs. Europe

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Political Modernization: America vs. Europe." World Politics v. 18, n. 3 (1966): 378-414.
Political modernization involves, let us assume, three things. First, it involves the rationalization of authority: the replacement of a large number of traditional, religious, familial,… More

The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Political Modernization of Traditional Monarchies." Daedalus v. 95, n. 3 (1966): 763-788.
“The withering away of European colonial empires has virtually eliminated what was widely believed to be a highly anachronistic type of political order. There still remain, however,… More

Political Order in Changing Societies

– Huntington, Samuel P. Political Order in Changing Societies. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968.
Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an important… More

Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization

– Salamon, Lester. "Comparative History and the Theory of Modernization." World Politics 23 (Oct. 1970): 83-103.
“One of the sorest needs in the social sciences is for clear and concise conceptual equipment to give structure to disciplines and order to the range of hypotheses these disciplines… More

Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology

– Kessleman, Mark. "Order or Movement?: The Literature of Political Development as Ideology." World Politics 26 (Oct  1973): 139-154.
“The term ‘political development’ originated during the cold war. After WWII, the prevalent attitude in the United States toward the Third World resembled that toward… More

No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries

– Huntington, Samuel P and Joan Nelson. No Easy Choice, Political Participation in Developing Countries. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1976.
“Two leading writers on the processes of political development present a lucid analysis of the growth and desirability of political participation in developing countries and the ways… More

Reform and Stability in South Africa

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Reform and Stability in South Africa." International Security v. 6, n. 4 (1982): 3-25.
“Multi-ethnic or multi-racial systems can be classified as vertical or hierarchical, on the one hand, and horizontal or parallel on the other. In a vertical or hierarchical system,… More

The Varieties of Revolution

– Dix, Robert. "The Varieties of Revolution." Comparative Politics 15:3 (Apr 1983): 281-294.
“In his Political Order in Changing Societies Samuel Huntington delineated two types of revolutions or revolutionary processes, the Western and the Eastern. Huntington argues, along… More

Will More Countries Become Democratic?

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Will More Countries Become Democratic?" Political Science Quarterly v. 99, n. 2 (1984): 193-218.
What are the prospects for the emergence of more democratic regimes in the world? This question has intellectual and policy relevance for the 1980s. During the 1950s and early 1960s,… More

Global Dilemmas

– Eds. Huntington, Samuel and Joseph Nye. Global Dilemmas. Cambridge: Center for International Affairs at Harvard University, 1985.
This collection, marking the 25th anniversary of Harvard’s Center for International Affairs, represents central issues for research in international affairs during this decade. Some… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy’s Third Wave." Journal of Democracy, v. 2, n. 2 (1991): 12-34.
Between 1974 and 1990, at least 30 countries made transitions to democracy, just about doubling the number of democratic governments in the world. Were these democratizations part of a… More

The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late 20th Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global… More

Democracy’s Third Wave

– Schmitter, Philippe C. "Democracy's Third Wave." The Review of Politics 55:2 (Spring 1993): 348-351.

Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective

– Munck, Gerardo. "Democratic Transitions in Comparative Perspective." Comparative Politics 26:3 (Apr. 1994): 355-375.
“The surge of democratic governments, starting in 1974 and continuing through the early 1990s is probably the political sign of our time. The political changes entailed, if broadly… More

The Tide Underneath the ‘Third Wave’

– Rowen, Henry. "The Tide Underneath the 'Third Wave'." Journal of Democracy 6:1 (Jan 1995): 52-64.
“The collapse of the socialist model, the increase in the number of democracies throughout the world, and the growing influence of East Asia have made the relative prospects of… More

Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments

– Schneider, Ben Ross. "Democratic Consolidations: Some Broad Comparisons and Sweeping Arguments." Latin American Research Review 30:2 (Spring 1995): 215-234.
“These four ambitious books address similar concerns and raise several questions in common. First, they move beyond the analysis of transitions to democracy to focus on consolidation.… More

The Clash of Civilizations

– Huntington, Samuel. The Clash of Civilizations: and the Remaking of World Order. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1996.
The classic study of post-Cold War international relations, more relevant than ever in the post-9/11 world, with a new foreword by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Since its initial publication, The… More

Political Order in Changing Societies by Francis Fukuyama

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Political Order in Changing Societies." Foreign Affairs 76:5 (Sept/Oct 1997): 215-216.
“Huntington’s foundational work on political development was controversial when it first appeared, in the midst of the Vietnam War, because it argued that order itself was an… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray

– Zimmerling, Ruth. "Samuel Huntingtons demokratische Wellen — viel Lärm um Gischt? [Samuel Huntington’s Democratic Waves: Much Ado about Spray." Politische Vierteljahresschrift 44:2 (June 2003): 196-216.
“In this paper I will take a critical look at the state of knowledge about prerequisites of democracy within the academic discipline of political science. I will argue that over the… More

How Countries Democratize

– Huntington, Samuel P. "How Countries Democratize." Political Science Quarterly v. 124, n. 1 (2009): 31.
Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This… More

Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt

– Sarihan, Ali. "Is the Arab Spring in the Third Wave of Democratization? The Case of Syria and Egypt." Turkish Journal of Politics 3.1 (Summer 2012): 67-85.
In this paper, I will analyze the participation of Egypt and Syria in the Arab Spring using Huntington’s theory of third wave democratization. I will begin this examination with a brief… More

Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa

– Nwosu, Bernard Ugochukwu. "Tracks of the Third Wave: Democracy Theory, Democratisation and the Dilemma of Political Succession in Africa." Review of African Political Economy 39:131 (2012): 11-25.
The sweep of the third-wave moment of democratic impulses through Africa saw mass movements against authoritarian rule and the demand for liberalisation of political spaces. Ruling-group… More