POG 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Traditionalist Conservatism, Ronald Inglehart

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POG 110
• Professor: Adam Thorn

Document Summary

Fundamental political values, beliefs and orientations that are widely held within a political community, evolves gradually as new circumstances lead to changes in political thinking. Political discourse-ways in which politics is discussed/the rhetoric that is used in political persuasion. Political socialization-process by which new generations and immigrants are socialized into the political culture through the educational system, the media, various organizations such as religious groups/labor unions. It is often assumed each country has its own political culture based on its historical political experiences, the characteristics of its population, its economy, its geographic characteristics. E(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)i(cid:374)g a (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tr(cid:455)"s histori(cid:272)al e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es (its constitution/governing institutions, general policies the governments adopt, writings of its leading thinkers/political figures/political observers), may depict the political culture of the past rather than the present. Sample surveys to capture the views of a population at a given moment using around 1000- 2000 people, may not reveal held values of the population.