Political culture and democracy in developing countries /
Political culture & democracy in developing countries
edited by Larry Diamond.
- Textbook ed.
- xiii, 263 pages ; 23 cm
Cover title: Political culture & democracy in developing countries.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword : the return to political culture / Introduction : political culture and democracy / Culture and democratization in India / Between liberalism and statism : African political cultures and democracy / Paths to democracy and the political culture of Costa Rica, Mexico, and Nicaragua / A nonparadigmatic search for democracy in a post-Confucian culture : the case of Taiwan, R.O.C. / Automomous groups as agents of democratic change in communist and post-communist eastern Europe / State elites and democratic political culture in Turkey / Christian democracy, liberation theology, and political culture in Latin America / Causes and effects / Gabriel A. Almond -- Larry Diamond -- Richard Sisson -- Naomi Chazan -- John A. Booth & Mitchell A. Seligson -- Ambrose Y.C. King -- Christine M. Sadowski -- Ergun Ozbudun -- Paul E. Sigmund -- Larry Diamond.
This textbook edition of this work has been abridged to convey its core arguments in a format appropriate for classroom use. It explores the complex and reciprocal interactions between a society's dominant beliefs, values, and attitudes about politics and the nature of its political system.
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Political culture--Developing countries. 89.53 political culture. Political culture. Democratie. Cultura. Democracia.