1.What is the goal of Rueschemeyer et al.'s (1992) study? How are they building onprevious research?Rueschemeyer et al examine how society transformed with the development of capitalismas an economic system and a democratic political system(Pp. 1). Rueschemeyer et al.'s(1992) study builds on the findings of cross-national statistical work. They depart fromthis past research in that they do not use current models of modernization theory (Pp. 5).Rueschemeyer et al focus on how actors, "whose power is grounded in control ofeconomic and organizational resources" and/or of coercive forces who are pursuing thesame resources with opposite goals in min