Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Alexis De Tocqueville, Social Network

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

Document Summary

Patterns of beliefs and behaviour" views on the world, views on god, etc. Institutional arrangements: social traits (attitudes about politics amongst groups) Political culture = cultural attitudes towards politics & government: attitudes, beliefs, values, norms about political issues and idea, cultural differences among different groups and states. Three categories of political culture: parochial = negative view of government + low participation. Lack of voter turn out: subject = positive view of government + low participation, participatory = positive view + high participation. Gov"t willing to respond to the demands: civic = combo. Need some balance of all three to balance out a society and state in order to keep order. Three typologies of political culture vs. social values & engagement activity: polyarchal. Agreed social values and active citizen engagement and government efficacy: fragmented. Active citizen engagement but disagreement on basic rules and social values: collectivist. Limited or no civic engagement but high agreement on the basic rules and social values.