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