CITB04H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Robert A. Dahl, Converting Vegetarians, Chapter 27
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Consequently to gain legitimacy for their covert behaviour with democratic rituals: used to cover violations. People who are involved in political thought. The previous political institutions of the society would temporarily stop functioning if stopped. In new haven, differences in the subcultures of the political and the apolitical strata are marked. Members are far from united in their orientations and strategies: members of the political stratum seize upon some issues as important profitable, operate under constraints set by party politicians, alternatives formulated by intellectuals. Apolitical strata: remote, calculations of their choice, disorganized, disconnected, poorly informed. October 15, 2015: don"t participate, no influence on polices, strongly influenced by inertia, habit, unexamined loyalties, personal attachments, emotions, transient impulses, citizens in the apolitical strata are usually aware of problems i their own circle. Political stratum take for granted a number of assumptions. Some elements in the political stratum are deeply disturbed by the gap b/w ideal and reality.
