PPAS 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nonviolence, Gad Horowitz, Louis Hartz
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Political socialization; the process of learning and passing on from generation to generation the values, norms and attitudes that constitute political culture. A process through which individuals acquire political values, beliefs, attitudes, information and opinions. Formative stage is important, but socialization is an ongoing process. There are as many definitions of political culture as there are students of political culture. Political culture refers to a pattern of orientation, beliefs, values, feelings, assumptions, and understanding about political phenomena that exist in a given collectivity. frequently, political values, beliefs and attitudes are crystallized and represented by various symbols. Fundamental within life of society; lenses to perceive the world; culture provides ways of doing things. Socialized in particular culture; language, indicate moods about issues. Political culture and ideology : are not the same. Ideology is more refined, defines problems of society and provides solution. Learning and passing on values and believes that forms political culture,