Stephen Welch

Theory of Political Culture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Developing a theory of political culture as consisting of two dimensions, discourse and practice, the book explains how political culture can both inhibit political change and be a source of it. It explores the nature and dynamics of political culture systematically and comprehensively, and suggests numerous new lines of empirical research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 594g
• ISBN-13: 9780199553334
• ISBN-10: 0199553335
• Artikelnr.: 45156630

Autorenporträt

Stephen Welch is a Lecturer in Politics at the School of Government and International Affairs, Durham University. He is author of The Concept of Political Culture. In addition to articles and chapters on the topic of political culture he has also written about American political participation, political scandal, multi-level governance, and topics in international relations. His most recent work has been a critique of the idea of cosmopolitan memory and a discussion of the contribution of political culture to intelligence studies. He teaches in the areas of democratic theory, American politics, and the philosophy of the social sciences.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Theoretical Marginalization: The Positivist Mainstream of
Political Culture Research
* 2: Theoretical Denial: The Interpretive Alternative in Political
Culture Research
* 3: Theoretical Displacement (I): Materialist Alternatives to
Political Culture Research
* 4: Theoretical Displacement (II): Discursivist Critiques of Political
Culture Research
* 5: The Dualistic Ontology of Culture (I): Philosophical Arguments
* 6: The Dualistic Ontology of Culture (II): Psychological Findings
* 7: The Inertial Dynamics of Political Culture
* 8: The Fluid Dynamics of Political Culture
* Conclusion