Modernization and Violence

Henryden suggests that modernity breeds stability while the process of modernization breeds unrest, and that the political order is in disarray not because of a lack of modernity but because of efforts to modernize. The boundaries between traditional and transitional societies are artificial, and the stability of a purely traditional society is more stable than that of a transitional one. And the faster the rate of modernization, the stronger the degree of unrest.

There is a direct relationship between social mobilization and unrest. With social mobilization, where people's aspirations and expectations are raised but not met, and in the absence of a strong and flexible political system, unrest and violence are likely to occur, and the rapid spread of education has a clear impact on political stability.

Economic development is supposed to increase the ability to fulfill people's expectations and aspirations, but when a country is too poor, people generally do not care about politics, and in highly developed countries, economic development enhances political stability.

The gap between economic development and social mobilization impinges on political stability, and this gap creates social decadence and dissatisfaction, and the form of political participation that results from social decadence depends on the nature of the economic and social structure of the traditional society.

1. social mobilization\economic development=social decadence

2. social decadence\mobility=political participation

3. political participation\political institutionalization=political upheaval

Desire to become greater Expectation to become lesser

There is also a relationship between inequality and upheaval, inequalities in land though entitlement, social mobilization makes the inequalities of the traditional economy the stimulus for revolt, the poor and the needy become more dependent on the nature of the economic and social structure. a stimulus for rebellion, the widening gap between rich and poor unequal distribution of wealth. Economic development exacerbates economic inequality, and social mobilization undermines the legitimacy of this inequality

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