Political Science 1020E Lecture 8: Politics Notes

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Nigmendra Narain

Document Summary

Social traits- attitudes about politics amongst groups. Institutional arrangements - governments, bureaucracies: political culture = cultural attitudes towards politics & government. Attitudes, beliefs, values, norms about political issues and ideas. Ideology: 3 categories of political culture: Parochial = negative view of government + low participation > complacent. Subject = positive view of government + low participation >authoritarian/deferential. Participatory = positive view of government + high participation > government will respond to demands. Civic = combo > need some of all three to balance out a society & state = order: 3 types of political culture viz. social values & engagement activity: Polyarchal = agreed social values + active citizen engagement + government efficacy. Fragmented = active citizen engagement but disagreement on basic political rules & social values. Collectivist = limited/no civic engagement but high agreement on the basic rules & social values: inglehart.