Political culture

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

Authors

This chapter describes the place of the political culture paradigm in comparative politics. It outlines the paradigm's fundamental premises and assumptions and sketches how research in this field has developed. Special emphasis will be placed on where I see the greatest contribution of the political culture approach: understanding the societal fundaments of democracy and how these are transforming in the process of cultural change. In thinking about the driving forces behind democracy, the most basic assumptions of the political culture approach will be juxtaposed to those of the political economy approach. The chapter closes with some ...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe SAGE Handbook of Comparative Politics
EditorsTodd Landman, Neil Robinson
Number of pages20
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc.
Publication date01.01.2007
Pages299-318
ISBN (print)9781412919760
ISBN (electronic)9780857021083
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.01.2007
Externally publishedYes

    Research areas

  • Politics - allegiance, democracy, elites, political culture, postindustrial society, postindustrialism, the self