POLS 1500 Lecture Notes - Hypnosis
10 Apr 2014
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Political culture= shared way of life with regard to politics. Almond(1956) political culture a particular pattern of orientations to political action . Johnston: political culture is the collective political consciousness of a polity, which. Encompasses many elements concerning the intellectual dispositions (belief, attitudes, values) that people have about politics (187-188) Almond & verba: surveyed 1000 citizens of each 5 different countries and classified results in 3 categories: Parochial: people tend to be unaware or dimly aware of the political system in all of its aspects (45) Subject: people except goods and services from the government but do not expect to have any input in government decisions. Participant: people are aware and informed about the political system, and feel they can play an active role in it. A fairly coherent and comprehensive set of ideas that explains and evaluates social conditions, helps people understand their place in society, and provides a program for social and political action .
