1. Prepared By Prof Alvin So1 SOSC 188 Lecture 3 Modernization (III) Economic/Political

2. Prepared By Prof Alvin So2 W.W. Rostow’s Take-off Stage of Economic Growth S.Huntington: Political Order in Changing Society

3. Prepared By Prof Alvin So3 W.W.Rostow’s Take-off Stage of Economic Growth The five stages of economic growth: -- Traditional society -- pre-condition to take-off -- take-off -- the drive to maturity -- high mass-consumption society The Pre-condition to take-off: traditional society starts to change

4. Prepared By Prof Alvin So4 The stimulus to take-off: Raise productive investment to 10% of the national income Basic assumption: Evolutionary development all nations move through the same direction Policy implication - rely on U.S. aids and loans

5. Prepared By Prof Alvin So5 S.Huntington: Political Order in Changing Society Traditional phase - countryside dominates the city Modernization creates the city-country gap Urban breakthrough --urban middle class in control, but the country is still predominately rural Green Uprisings --urban exploitation of the countryside led to rural decay Then rural masses take over through peasant revolution