POLSC 135 1st Edition Lecture 20 Outline of Last Lecture Economy Outline of Current Lecture Classical Cultural Arguments Current Lecture I II John Stuart Mill 1861 No one believes that every people is capable of working every sort of institutions Even those who wanted civilized government could not sustain it without the right mental and moral habitats They also needed some degree of development Cultural modernization theory argues that Socioeconomic development does not directly cause democracy Problem 1 What is it about culture that matters Mill and Montesquieu provide a whole host of things that might matter for democracy Most of these things are left rather vague Problem 2 What is the casual relationship between cultural economic and political factors Civic Culture Almond and Verba The civic culture 1965 Three types of Political Culture Parochial culture society where individuals are hardly are of government and politics This is suitable for traditional system of African tribes Subject culture Here citizens passively obey government and laws but are not involved in politics This is suitable for authoritarian systems Participant culture aware of politics and participate because informed and make demands This is suitable for democracy Culture how individuals think and feel about the political system Civic Culture is a shared attitudes that include the following A high level of interpersonal trust A preference for gradual societal change A high level of support for existing political system High levels of life satisfaction Inglehart 1990 reached a similar conclusion For him political culture was determined by These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture It is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute High level of life satisfaction High levels of interpersonal trust Preference for gradual social change High support for the current social order High levels of post materialism values High levels of political discussion High percentage of population comprising Protestants On the whole a civic culture is conceptualized Putnam 1993 and social capital in Italy He defines social capital as norms of reciprocity and networks of civic engagement What is the exact causal relationship between economic development culture and democracy 1 Values story Inglehart Economic development Culture Democracy 2 Institutional story Muller and Seligson Economic Development Democracy Culture End Lecture
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