POLI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks, Noam Chomsky
19 Nov 2013
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The politics of a country is said to reflect a society"s dominant culture. Culture: shared values, beliefs, practices relating to food, clothing, social. Political culture is the collection of attitudes and values relating to politics (our relations, language, religion, literature, music attitudes and values towards politics, how we feel about it) Political culture can shape citizens" attitudes and expectations toward basic political concepts like authority and obedience. Women are treated very differently in saudi arabia by law than woman in. May be many political cultures within a single country (canada) Quebec-canada differences: support for decision to send troops to. Quebec 22% rest of canada 41% Differences: same-sex marriage, iraq, health care policy. Taxation compliance: is this an indicator of political culture? (chp. Elites are those who wield disproportionate economic/social/political power. June 1987 motion to restore capital punishment (abolished in 1976) In extreme cases elite dominates through propaganda and coercion (mao"s china,
