The Concept of Political Culture 1993 Edition Contributor(s): Welch, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333545346 ISBN-13: 9780333545348 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Philosophy | Political |
Dewey: 306.2 |
Series: St Antony's |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.94 lbs) 208 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: '...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. |