Political Culture - Comparative Politics PDF
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This document explores political culture, focusing on its components, political orientations, participation, and cleavage theories. The content discusses Almond and Verba's work on political culture, identifying different types of political culture, and examining political participation through various lenses. It also presents Rokkan and Lipset's cleavage theories with a focus on historical and contemporary shifts, concluding with a discussion on voter and party alienation, especially amidst post-industrial values.
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Political Culture Comparative Politics What is the Political Culture? Almond, Gabriel – Verba, Sidney (1963) The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations Political orientations Attitudes towards the political system and its elements Perceptions on t...
Political Culture Comparative Politics What is the Political Culture? Almond, Gabriel – Verba, Sidney (1963) The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations Political orientations Attitudes towards the political system and its elements Perceptions on the role of people in the political system Loyalty model: participation as the entitlement of the elite Three types of political culture Parochial Subject Participant Best: synthesis – civic culture Participation In elections Compulsory or not? Turnout In political parties Share of party members Activists? In interest organisations Trade unions, chambers, employers’ organisations In social movements In demonstrations Cleavage theories Rokkan and Lipset Focus on communities Four classic cleavages Freezing of party systems Bartolini and Mair: 3 levels Society Values, ideologies Organisations Cleavages Today Decreasing Alford-index Radical right? Decreasing level of religious people Weakening of pillarization (e.g., the Netherlands) Linguistic and ethnic diversity Urban-rural? Sectoral or cultural? Alienation of Parties and Voters Trust Inglehart: Silent revolution Post-industrial values Protest actors