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Current, differentiated sociological & social anthropological theories of modernization are examined with regard to the long-term prospects of socialism & its present strategy of development. The formulation of the prospects of socialist modernization concentrates on theories of cognitive consistency. The role of the personality in modernization is tied to 'the category of higher order, conscious, adaptive responses given to structural extension & enrichment.' Certain aspects of the Hungarian character are discussed in relation to theories of information & systems analysis, which link together the sociological & psychological levels in the process of modernization. D. K. McGuire.

If the number of publications is an accurate gauge, there was a conspicuous revival of interest in fascism during the past decade. One obvious reason for this was the erosion of the theories of totalitarianism that had dominated discussions of political extremism during the 1950's. By linking German National Socialism and, in some cases, Italian Fascism with Russian Communism, these theories inhibited consideration of fascism as a distinctive generic phenomenon in its own right. But in the wake of the thaw in Khrushchev's Soviet Union and the general relaxation of cold-war tensions during the 1960's, the various theories of totalitarianism became less compelling.1 As a result, many students of twentieth-century politics became aware of the absence of a concept suitable for characterizing those interwar authoritarian movements and regimes in Europe that were neither conservative nor Communist. For some, fascism provided the solution.

The background to contemporary study of militaries and modernization, by H. Bienen.--Bibliography (p. 35-39).--Armed Force organizations, by M.J. Levy, Jr.--Political development and military intervention in Latin America, by M.C. Needler.--The military and political change in Asia, by J.P. Lovell and C.I.E. Kim.--Swords and ploughshares: the Turkish Army as a modernizing force, by D. Lerner and R.D. Robinson.--The army, politics, and the people, by A. Iskenderov.--Political development and political decay, by S.P. Huntington.--The African military and political development, by C.E. Welch, Jr.