CPO-2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: World Values Survey, Ultimatum Game, Dictator Game
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~primordialist: treat culture as objective and inherited; implies that democracy is not for everyone. ~co(cid:374)stru(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ist: treat (cid:272)ulture as so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)stru(cid:272)ted or i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)ted; the(cid:455) are malleable and not fixed; they are socially constructed. If culturalist arguments are to have any explanatory power, they must distinguish and specify what exactly matters. Which way does the causal arrow go? (refer to model) ~culture: how individuals think and feel about the political system. -civic culture: shared cluster of attitudes that includes things like preference for gradual change, high level of support for the existing political system, and high levels of life satisfaction. ~findings (when studying the u. s. , uk, germany, italy and mexico): u. s. and u. k. most closely resembled civic culture. -main question: de(cid:373)o(cid:272)ra(cid:272)(cid:455) (cid:373)a(cid:455) ha(cid:448)e pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s, (cid:271)ut it"s (cid:271)etter tha(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:455) other for(cid:373) of government. Could you please tell me if you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree? (cid:863)
