Proposition 077 – Three classes of political change

Political changes differ in the degree to which they modify existing standards, civilisation elements and institutions; this theory analytically distinguishes three classes.

• Explanation. The three classes order different degrees within the continuum of political change. They distinguish changes within existing standards, changes in particular civili­sation elements, and changes in coherent civilisation elements and the institutions in which they are embedded. Concrete processes of change may display characteristics of more than one class.