The United States in Vietnam
In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Band 21, Heft 6, S. 28-40
ISSN: 1938-3282
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In: Bulletin of the atomic scientists, Band 21, Heft 6, S. 28-40
ISSN: 1938-3282
In: The journal of American-East Asian relations, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 107-108
ISSN: 1058-3947
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 63, Heft 2, S. 280
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: Pacific affairs: an international review of Asia and the Pacific, Band 60, Heft 3, S. 473
ISSN: 1715-3379
In: American political science review, Band 49, Heft 4, S. 1022-1041
ISSN: 1537-5943
There is wide recognition that in the non-Western world profound social and cultural changes are taking place as traditional societies have been exposed to the ideas and the ways of the West. There is also general agreement that new political patterns and relationships are evolving in these countries. However, with respect to most non-Western countries, it remains difficult to foresee whether the consequences of social change are to be stable, viable political practices or endemic instabilities in government. In many cases, it is still an open question whether the future will bring them a liberal democratic form of politics or some type of authoritarian rule such as communism.This state of affairs can be a challenge to the comparative method of political analysis. This is particularly so because most of the non-Western political systems have many features in common. They are generally the product of a traditional past in which the administration of government was the preserve of a select few. Many show the influence of a previous colonial rule, some even that of the same country. More important, they are often quite self-conscious about the problem of moving from a definite past to an idealized future.