Political Systems
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Political Systems
Since the creation of mankind the world has been continually changing. With each
day, man develops, countries grow and political systems change. A political
system is an important set of social institutions. Political systems have many
functions. Political systems create resources for education, health, welfare,
industry and foreign policy. Political systems have changed drastically over
centuries and are still changing everyday. To understand why and how political
systems change, there are many factors. Some major factors are evolution,
revolution and economy. A major factor and influence on why a political systems
change is due to the countries social economy. The approach in which a country
deals with certain political processes are affected by internal divisions of
income, wealth and occupation, also by economic dependence or poverty. There is
always a positive association between economic development and equality or
income. The Linearity theory states that economic development leads to
urbanization which leads to communication which leads to high levels of
education and in turn leads to Democracy. This theory does an excellent job in
showing how economics lead to a change in political systems. Wealthier nations
such as the United States, Japan and other European countries often have more
equitable income distributions than poorer countries. According to Robert J.
Mundt, a political researcher, “in advanced industrial nations the wealthiest
ten percent of households receive about one quarter of the national income,
while poorest receive forty percent and about twenty percent get only fifteen
percent of the national income; in middle income countries like Brazil, the
wealthiest ten percent gets forty-six percent of national income and the poorest
forth percent get only eight percent.” An example of a country that social
economy influenced the change in their political system would be the Russian
Federation. The social economy lead to the fall of Communism. The Russian
federation was a communist country believing in state owned and centrally
planned government. Years ago the communists were able to keep up with the other
big money powers of the world. But as time went on and they tried to catch up,
their economy was too hard to control. Their products were poor quality and
their quantity was created on a need basis. There was no efficiency. The people
of Russia would have to wait years for cars, apartments and waited hours in
lines for...
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