The Civic Culture; Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations

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Pub. Date: 1989-05-01
Publisher(s): Sage Publications, Inc
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Summary

This classic text is a comparative political study, based on extensive survey data that defined and analysed the Greek concept of civic virtuelture: the political and social attitudes that are crucial to the success of modern democracy in Western nations. Cited extensively, the book was origionall published in 1963.

Table of Contents

An Approach to Political Culture
1(44)
Patterns of Political Cognition
45(18)
Feelings Toward Government and Politics
63(22)
Patterns of Partisanship
85(32)
The Obligation to Participate
117(19)
The Sense of Civic Competence
136(32)
Citizen Competence and Subject Competence
168(18)
Competence, Participation, and Political Allegiance
186(22)
Social Relations and Civic Cooperation
208(36)
Organizational Membership and Civic Competence
244(22)
Political Socialization and Civic Competence
266(41)
Profiles of Nations and Groups
307(30)
The Civic Culture and Democratic Stability
337(38)
Index 375

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