Almond's Theory of Political Developmen——A View of Cultural Secularization

Almond's theory of political development holds that political development is the development of political function. He takes cultural secularization as the important presentation of political function development and an important means to improve the political functions in three layers, including system, process and policy. According to Almond's theory of political development, cultural secularization should develop in a balanced and controlled way. This means that those developing countries having had considerable government ability and economic capactity in the 21st century must turn to satisfying their citizens'secular expectation for participation and welfare to construct equal politics, otherwise there exists danger of collapse. However, Almond's theory of political development is not open enough in its meaning and shows the centralism of Anglo-American