The difference between traditional society and modern society in western political development theory

In western political development theory, the differences between "traditional society" and "modern society" are as follows.

1, the secularization degree of political culture

2. The level of political institutionalization

3. Degree of political participation

4. Differentiation of political structure and function.

5, the basis of political authority or the source of legitimacy

Sociologically, compared with modern society, traditional society is an ethical society based on family control and its basic operating mechanism, and social control is basically attached to family control.

The basic attributes of traditional society are: natural economy, bureaucratic authority, lack of social welfare, rural, mechanical unity, agriculture, popular belief thinking and unified social form.

Modern society is essentially a so-called scientific and technological society. Industrial society refers to a society in which industrial production is the leading component of the economy. It is a social development stage after agricultural society, traditional society and industrial society, sometimes called modern society.