The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations / Edition 1

by Gabriel Abraham Almond, Sidney Verba

Overview

This classic text is a comparative political study, based on extensive survey data that defined and analysed the Greek concept of civic virtuelture: the political and social attitudes that are crucial to the success of modern democracy in Western nations. Cited extensively, the book was origionall published in 1963.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803935587
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/01/1989
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.88(d)
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

An Approach to Political Culture
Patterns of Political Cognition
Feelings Toward Government and Politics
Patterns of Partnership
The Obligation to Participate
The Sense of Civic Competence
Citizen Competence and Subject Competence
Competence, Participation, and Political Allegiance
Social Relations and Civic Cooperation
Organizational Membership and Civic Competence
Political Socialization and Civic Competence
Profiles of Nations and Groups
The Civic Culture and Democratic Stability