![]() Samuel Huntington, while making efforts to track worldwide patterns of democratisation, increasingly identifies cultural forces that may influence democratisation and development. Many of these economies are located in Asia, and within Asia, China is an obvious example. However, global experience has witnessed the emergence of postmodern conceptions on the one hand, and economic development without major democratisation in many countries on the other. ![]() A famous enquiry by Norman Jacobs (1971) is featured in his book that asks the question: Modernisation without development? To him, modernisation without a democratic structure cannot result in development. If one side develops, the other side will be handicapped without a parallel development of its counterparts. ![]() ![]() Also, it is widely held that the two are interdependent or interstimulating. There is also a widespread belief that modernisation and democratisation are both necessary for development. ![]() Many people, either explicitly or implicitly, hold a linear view that modernisation and democratisation should be a cumulative point of a country’s development. ![]()
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