New ideas in politics and government tend to emerge in times of social, economic and political stress. I don't think the type of stress itself is the key reason to explaining why this is, but rather stress itself. When things in general aren't working right or when the "work" out weighs the "pay"; then people try to fix them. Thus in reassessing those aspects/ objects, people are able to learn from their mistakes and create new theories, which then lead to new ideas in politics, government etc.
There are many examples of this in history. One good one is nine eleven, when terrorists snuck weapons on board planes and successfully crashed into the World trade center and the Pentagon, not only destroying the buildings but killing thousands of people in the process. Aside from the obvious tragedies and anger this provoked, it also proved that the US security was not good enough. That a terrorist could sneak past all the metal detectors and scanners with a weapon on him/her. After this tragedy, Airport security went up 200%. Metal detectors are more sensitive to metal and baggage is being checked. Carry on items are checked and scanned. Also many new items were being banned such as water bottles, plastic knifes and more. (yet these items are more due to recent threats but still fall under the same category as airport security) Also a social impact that this incident had on the public was that people were being discriminated on by there race (more than just stereotypes) Because the terrorist were believed to have been people from Al Qaeda. People began jumping to conclusions, many Islamic people were being treated poorly and thought of as terrorists as well. The affect of the stress caused from 9/11 was responsible for not only the improvement of air port security (governmental) and in some ways encouraged racism (politics). As I said before, invents like this, are responsible for changes in government and politics, and new inventions/ideas.
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