The civic culture revisited

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The civic culture revisited

edited by Gabriel A. Almond, Sidney Verba

Sage Publications, 1989

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780803935570

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Considered a classic in the field of political science, this new edition makes its debut after twenty-five years since its first edition. Almond and Verba have presented their controversial comparative political study--conceived in the late 1950's--where they defined and analyzed the political and social attitudes that were crucial to the successes of modern democracy in England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and the United States. This book and its companion, The Civic Culture Revisited, which brings their findings up-to-date, are essential resources for professionals and advanced students in political science, international relations, comparative politics, and political sociology. "The Civic Culture is a noteworthy addition to a growing literature on the conditions of stable democratic government. . . . Both for what the book achieves and the guideposts left for the future, The Civic Culture is a contemporary classic." --Political Science Quarterly "Clearly a pioneer work in the development of a science of comparative politics. Students of comparative administration, of development politics and economics, of political theory and of political science in all of its branches will be most interested in this volume." --Administrative Science Quarterly "It is a foregone conclusion that The Civic Culture will take its place as one of the leading studies in contemporary political sociology." --New Society "This book represents an innovation in the literature of comparative politics. . . . It is a great book and it is a measure of its greatness that is raises as many queries and objectives as it produces insights and confirmations." --American Political Science Review QUOTES FOR BOTH BOOKS: "Few books in political science of the last three or four decades have had the impact and continuing power of The Civic Culture and no other authors have had the self confidence to commission such a powerful and insightful set of critiques as The Civic Culture Revisited." --Robert Putnam, Stanford Behavioral Institute "The Civic Culture (and The Civic Culture Revisited) remains the best study of comparative political culture in our time." --Aaron Wildavsky, University of California, Berkeley

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
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: pbk ISBN 9780803935600

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Presenting a major intellectual development in the history of the social sciences, Almond and Verba have updated their classical five-nation study of comparative politics. Looking back over twenty-five years since the study's conception, Almond and Verba address many important questions--brought out by top scholars of the field--as to the validity of the inferences drawn from their findings and the "soundness" of their study. In addition, they recognize the many substantial changes in political culture that have transpired in the five nations studied--England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and the United States--over the past two decades. The contributing authors to this book are among the best in the field of comparative politics, thus making this book consistent with the scholarly precedent set forth in the first volume. Together these two books are essential resources for professionals and advanced students in political science, international relations, comparative politics, and political sociology.

Table of Contents

The Intellectual History of the Civic Culture Concept - Garbiel A Almond The Structure of Inference - Avend Lipphart The Civic Culture - Carole Pateman A Philosophic Critique The Civic Culture from a Marxist-Sociological Perspective - Jerzy J Wiatr Political Culture in Great Britain - Dennis Kavanagh The Decline of the Civic Culture The United States - Alan I Abramowitz Political Culture under Stress Changing German Political Culture - David P Conradt The Political Culture of Italy - Giacomo Sani Continuity and Change Political Culture in Mexico - Ann I Craig and Wayne A Cornelius Continuities and Revisionist Interpretations On Revisiting the Civic Culture - Sidney Verba A Personal Postscript

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