Discuss the fundamental explanatory factors that contribute to differences in influence

Discuss the fundamental explanatory factors that contribute to differences in influence. Can influence be used to acquire more influence?  Discuss the possibilities and limits of valuing influence. the government becomes legitimate in the political system?  Are there any cycles of political ideology to form one political system?  Is it possible that a revolutionary ideology becomes the reigning ideology of the next political period?  Is influence measurable? Does the degree of modernity influence the distribution of political resources and skills? Can history influence the option of other countries in political consideration?  Are different stages of development tend to generate differences in simulating cleavage and coalition?