Table 1Ideal Types of Modern Nations Distinguished by Private
Ownership and Political Stability
PoliticalStability
Extent of Private Ownership
Lots Some Little
Stable Capitalist (U.S., Australia,
and Great Britain)
SocialDemocratic
(France, Sweden and
Finland)
Communist(China, Cuba &
North Korea)
Unstable NewCapitalist(Iraq and Afghanistan)
New Social Democratic
(Ukraine, Egypt,
Tunisia)
NewCommunist
(Venezuela & Syria, Laos,
Belarus)
Table 2Religion and Politics
Politics Christian Jewish Shiite Sunni
Reactionary RFRA West Bank Colonizers
Houthis Taliban,Al-KaedaISIS (ISIL or Daesh)
Conservative Right to Life Hardline Zionists
Shiite Nations: Iran?
Sunni Nations: Egypt Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Morocco
Liberal Right to Choose
Liberal Democrats
? ?
Radical SanctuaryLiberation Theology
Secular Critical Frankfurt School
? ?
Thinking Processually
• Mechanisms– Brokerage– Divide and conquer– Selective repression/facilitation– War-making
• Processes– Privatization– Capital accumulation– Secularization– State-making– Democratization
