Political culture and democracy
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Political culture and democracy. / Inglehart, Ronald; Welzel, Christian Peter.
New directions in comparative politics. ed. / Howard J. Wiarda. 3. ed. Boulder, Colo. [u.a.] : Westview Press, 2002. p. 141-164 (Politikon).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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T1 - Political culture and democracy
AU - Inglehart, Ronald
AU - Welzel, Christian Peter
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The political culture school argues that the values, beliefs, and skills of mass publics have an important impact on politics in general and on democratic institutions in particular. The chapter analyzes data from World Values Surveys/European Values Surveys and finds that mass attitudes are correlated with the actual presence or absence of democracy at the societal level, but the effectiveness of given items varies a good deal, and many of them are relatively weak predictors. It demonstrates that economic development does tend to bring changes in culture and social structure that make the emergence and survival of democracy more likely. The correlations between mass attitudes and democracy are systematically higher when one use the longer period because political culture is a better predictor of the long-term stability of democracy than it is of a society's level of democracy at any given point in time.
AB - The political culture school argues that the values, beliefs, and skills of mass publics have an important impact on politics in general and on democratic institutions in particular. The chapter analyzes data from World Values Surveys/European Values Surveys and finds that mass attitudes are correlated with the actual presence or absence of democracy at the societal level, but the effectiveness of given items varies a good deal, and many of them are relatively weak predictors. It demonstrates that economic development does tend to bring changes in culture and social structure that make the emergence and survival of democracy more likely. The correlations between mass attitudes and democracy are systematically higher when one use the longer period because political culture is a better predictor of the long-term stability of democracy than it is of a society's level of democracy at any given point in time.
KW - Politics
KW - Gender and Diversity
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/77de6e3b-6e08-3684-96b7-82c17bde7521/
U2 - 10.4324/9780429494932-8
DO - 10.4324/9780429494932-8
M3 - Contributions to collected editions/anthologies
SN - 0813398495
SN - 978-0813398495
T3 - Politikon
SP - 141
EP - 164
BT - New directions in comparative politics
A2 - Wiarda, Howard J.
PB - Westview Press
CY - Boulder, Colo. [u.a.]
ER -