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Before norms : institutions and civic culture / Robert W. Jackman and Ross A. Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackman, Robert W., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture.
- Political sociology.
- Social norms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The potato famines of the nineteenth century were long attributed to Irish indolence. The Stalinist system was blamed on a Russian proclivity for autocracy. Muslim men have been accused of an inclination to terrorism. Is political behavior really the result of cultural upbringing, or does the vast range of human political action stem more from institutional and structural constraints? This important new book carefully examines the role of institutions and civic culture in the establishment of political norms. Jackman and Miller methodically refute the Weberian cultural theory of politics and build in its place a persuasive case for the ways in which institutions shape the political behavior of ordinary citizens. Their rigorous examination of grassroots electoral participation reveals no evidence for even a residual effect of cultural values on political behavior, but instead provides consistent support for the institutional view. Before Norms speaks to urgent debates among political scientists and sociologists over the origins of individual political behavior.
- Contents:
- The issues
- The Protestant ethic thesis
- Civic virtue in Italy and the United States
- Civic virtue, growth, and democratization
- Institutions and voter turnout
- Institutions and support for parties of the extreme right / (with Karin Volpert)
- Culture, institutions, and political behavior.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-44517-0
- 9786612445170
- 0-472-02406-X
- OCLC:
- 649866165
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