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The Civic Culture (1963) Gabriel Abraham Almond (January 12, 1911 – December 25, 2002) was an American political scientist best known for his pioneering work on comparative politics, political development, and political culture .
The Civic Culture or The Civic Culture: Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations is a 1963 political science book by Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba. [ 1] The book is credited with popularizing the political culture sub-field and is considered to be the first systematic study in this field. [ 2][ 3]
Gabriel Almond defines it as "the particular pattern of orientations toward political actions in which every political system is embedded". [1]Lucian Pye's definition is that "Political culture is the set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments, which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system".
In the 1970s, political scientists Gabriel Almond and Bingham Powell introduced a structural-functionalist approach to comparing political systems. They argued that, in order to understand a political system, it is necessary to understand not only its institutions (or structures) but also their respective functions.
Modernization theory holds that as societies become more economically modernized, wealthier and more educated, their political institutions become increasingly liberal democratic. [ 1] The "classical" theories of modernization of the 1950s and 1960s, most influentially articulated by Seymour Lipset, [ 1] drew on sociological analyses of Karl ...
Civic political culture. A civic culture or civic political culture is a political culture characterized by "acceptance of the authority of the state" and "a belief in participation in civic duties". The term was first used in Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba 's book, The Civic Culture. [1]
Politics of the United Kingdom. The political culture of the United Kingdom was described by the political scientists Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba (1963) as a deferential civic culture. In the United Kingdom, factors such as class and regionalism [1] and the nation's history such as the legacy of the British Empire impact on political culture .
Interest aggregation. Interest aggregation is the activity in which the political demands of groups and individuals are combined into policy programs, as defined by Almond, Powell, Dalton, and Strom. [1] Interest aggregation includes those methods employed by individuals to effect change, commonly called personal interest aggregation, or by ...