Seymour Martin Lipset
Videos
Seymour Martin Lipset was an American sociologist and political scientist. His major work was in the fields of political sociology, trade union organization, social stratification, public opinion, and
Lipset in 1964
Lipset (far left) in a group discussion with August Heckscher II (second from left), Kenneth Haagensen (second from right), and Kenneth Youel (far right) c. 1960
Modernization theory
Videos
Modernization theory, or modernisation theory, is a sociological and comparative political science theory positing that processes of structural socioeconomic development, including industrialization,
Seymour Martin Lipset
…Decline. One of Lipset's most cited works is "Some Social Requisites of Democracy: Economic Development and Political Legitimacy" (1959), a key work on modernization theory, on democratization, and an article that includes the Lipset hypothesis that economic development leads to democracy. Lipset was one of the first…
Anarchist protest against Trump and democratic backsliding in the United States