Political Culture and Political Structure: Theoretical and Empirical Studies / Edition 1

by Frederick D. Weil

Overview

This series is organized along thematic lines and aims to fill the gap between journals devoted to the topic and single-appearance edited books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559387781
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	03/01/1995
Series:	Research in Democracy & Society , #2
Pages:	428
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.98(d)

Table of Contents

Political culture and the new sociology of culture, Steve Brint; general theoretical treatments - politics and culture, Samuel Barnes; political culture, political structure and democracy - the case of legitimation and opposition structure, Frederick D. Weil; doing political culture - interpretive practice and the earnest heuristic, Jonathan Rieder; cultural pluralism can both strengthen and weaken democracy, Aaron Wildavsky; origins of democratic political culture - literacy and printing in the rise of democratic politicalculture in 17th-century England, David Zaret; the development of German democracy 1953-1992, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann; political culture as a basis for a democractic political system, Max Kaase; movements, organizations, institutions and political culture - understanding industrial policy choices - a constructivist approach, Frank Dobbin; cultural mythmaking as a policy tool - the social secutiry board's definition of individualism, Cheryl Zollars and Theda Skocpol; changing formats of military organization, high strategy and citizenship, Allan Silver; Fordism and the immoral economy of right-wing violence in contemporary Germany, George Steinmetz.