The Civic Culture : : Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations / / Sidney Verba, Gabriel Abraham Almond.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Almond, Gabriel Abraham,; Verba, Sidney,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1963
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University ; 1943
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (576 p.)

The authors interviewed over 5,000 citizens in Germany, Italy, Mexico, Great Britain, and the U.S. to learn political attitudes in modem democratic states.Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- PART I. The Theory and Method of the Study -- Chapter 1. An Approach to Political Culture -- Chapter 2. Cross-National Research and Political Behavior: Some Considerations of Method -- PART II. Patterns of Political Culture -- Chapter 3. Patterns of Political Cognition -- Chapter 4. Feelings Toward Government and Politics -- Chapter 5. Patterns of Partisanship -- Chapter 6. The Obligation to Participate -- Chapter 7. The Sense of Civic Competence -- Chapter 8. Citizen Competence and Subject Competence -- Chapter 9. Competence, Participation, and Political Allegiance -- PART III. Social Relations and Political Culture -- Chapter 10. Social Relations and Civic Cooperation -- Chapter 11. Organizational Membership and Civic Competence -- Chapter 12. Political Socialization and Civic Competence -- PART IV. Profiles of Political Culture -- Chapter 13. Group Differences in Political Orientation -- Chapter 14. Five Political Cultures -- PART V. Conclusion -- Chapter 15. The Civic Culture and Democratic Stability -- Appendix A. Sampling and Sampling Error -- Appendix B. Interview Schedules -- List of Tables and Figures -- Index