OPEC: Success and Prospects

Dankwart Alexander Rustow (December 21, 1924 August 3, 1996) was a professor of political science and sociology. He is perhaps best known as the 'father of transitology, ' a school of thought in the field of democratization studies. In his seminal 1970 article 'Transitions to Democracy: Toward a Dynamic Model, ' Rustow broke from the prevailing schools of thought on how countries became democratic. Disagreeing with the heavy focus on necessary social and economic pre-conditions for democra