Culture and Politics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Concept and Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-4

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   2. The Study of Political Culture

      • Gabriel A. Almond

      Pages 5-20

   3. A Cause in Search of Its Effect, or What Does Political Culture Explain?

      • David J. Elkins, Richard E. B. Simeon

      Pages 21-38

   4. Culture and Identity in Comparative Political Analysis

      • Marc Howard Ross

      Pages 39-70

   5. The Startling Ability of Culture to Bring Critical Inquiry to a Halt

      • Patricia Nelson Limerick

      Pages 71-74

3. Culture and Globalizaton

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-78

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   2. Socialism and the Ideological Dimensions of Globalization

      • Manfred B. Steger

      Pages 79-98

   3. The Clash of Civilizations?

      • Samuel P. Huntington

      Pages 99-118

   4. Singapore and the “Asian Values” Debate

      • Donald K. Emmerson

      Pages 119-128

4. Popular Culture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-131

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   2. Deep Structures: Polpop Culture on Primetime Television

      • Allen McBride, Robert K. Toburen

      Pages 133-149

   3. The Symbolic Annihilation of Women by the Mass Media

      • Gaye Tuchman

      Pages 150-174

   4. Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight

      • Clifford Geertz

      Pages 175-201

5. Civil Society and Social Capital

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-205

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   2. The Politics of Virtue Today: A Critique and a Proposal

      • Shelley Burtt

      Pages 207-222

   3. Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital

      • Robert D. Putnam

      Pages 223-234

   4. Making Social Science Work Across Space and Time: A Critical Reflection on Robert Putnam’s Making Democracy Work

      • Sidney Tarrow

      Pages 235-248

6. Social Movements, Collective Identity, and Political Culture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-252

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   2. Culture and Social Movements

      • Doug McAdam

      Pages 253-268

Political culture is one of the central, but most difficult, concepts in political science. Culture and Politics: A Reader explores this concept by compiling previously-published works that focus on the core themes of political culture research: Concepts and Applications, Culture and Globalization, Popular Culture, Civil Society and Social Capital, Social Movements and Collective Identity, Culture and Political Change, and Culture and Rationality. Each section includes general and article introductions as well as a 'suggested reading' list. Culture and Politics: A Reader provides a handy resource for students and teachers at both the graduate and under-graduate level.

• conflict
• culture
• democracy
• economic theory
• globalization
• identity
• parliament
• political science
• politics
• social capital
• social science
• socialism
• society
• work

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