The Concept of Political Culture

by Stephen Welch

Overview

'...erudite, thought-provoking and well-written.'Archie Brown, Professor of Politics, Oxford University. The return to prominence of the concept of political culture offers an opportunity to re-evaluate its contribution to the social sciences. This study casts a broader than usual net, embracing not only political science (with equal emphasis placed on the concept's use in communist studies), but also sociology and history. On this basis a distinctive theory of political culture, and not merely another typology, is developed. Political culture, instead of being a token in the sterile debate between interest- and culture-based explanation, offers the means of transcending that debate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349227952
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/15/1993
Series:	St Antony's Series
Edition description:	1st ed. 1993
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Introduction - Political Culture and Democracy - Political Culture and Modernity - Political Culture and Communism - Political Culture and Comparative Explanation - Political Culture and Stalinism - Political Culture and Interpretation - Political Culture and National Identity - New Trends in Political Culture Research - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index