POLS 110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Liberal Democracy, Good Governance, Social Forces
1 Oct 2014
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Pols 110 textbook & lecture notes (full year) Political culture: the totality of ideas and attitudes towards authority, discipline, government responsibilities and entitlements, and associated patterns of cultural transmission such as the education system and family life . Parochial , subject , and participant : parochial: little interest in politics, if interested at all it was only in the context of issues and events directly affecting their personal interests, subjects: had a wider perspective. They would be interested in national politics but only as observers would leave it to established elites to make the decisions: participants: feel that they could and should contribute to national decision-making. Could be answered by focusing on four pairs of values: trust versus suspicion, hierarchy versus equality, liberty versus coercion, levels of loyalty and commitment. The first four are operational and the last involves one of the ways in which it has been used. Identifying casual linkages between attitudes and political outcomes.
