International studies, Vol. VI No. 1, 2006.
Original scientific paper
Political Culture and Democracy
Radule Knežević
; Publishing-Research Institution "Politička kultura", Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Analysis of the relations between political culture and political system is old, but nowadays one of the most significant issues of the contemporary
political science. ln this article the interdependence ofthe political culture and democracy is being analyzed through four concepts: the idea of poliarchy by R. A Dahl, the model of civic culture by G. A Almond, the concept of consociational democracy by A Lijphart and the theory of modernization and postmodernism by R. Inglehart.
Analysis of the relation and the level of congruency between the political culture and democracy points at the general conclusion that political
culture forms and restricts the possibilities of democracy and democratic legitimating. Democracy is neither a result of a political culture or political structure; it is a result of their complex interaction.
Keywords
political culture; democracy; congruency; interaction; poliarchy; civic culture; consociational democracy; modernization; post modernity
Hrčak ID:
290518
URI
Publication date:
31.3.2006.
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