Politics and Culture

Question 1

2-amoral familism (=authoritarianism)

Answer 1

BANFIELD

you only trust the people in your immediate family, you feel responsible to your family and no one else

Question 2

Civic Culture

Answer 2

ALMOND AND VERBA
how much people believe their relationship with others helps their interests
^Civic Culture => Democracy

Question 3

Civic Culture Needs:

Answer 3

1-civic obligation (knowledge of public affairs)
2-moderation
3-pragmaticism
4-tolerance
5-commitment to the legitimacy of institutions
6-diffuse a sense of social trust
7-participant culture (people value engaging with others)

Question 4

ALMOND AND VERBA

Answer 4

Surveyed Countries to see how civically minded they were:

the more Higher the civic culture, the more Democracy was found in each country

Question 5

Limitations of Civic Culture

Answer 5

• correlation is not causation: high levels of Civic Culture doesn’t guarantee Democracy
• it’s hard to measure Civic Culture -surveys give flawed information
• Culture can change
• there are other explanations for Democracy that are better

Question 6

Authoritarian Personality

Answer 6

Certain cultures have an authoritarian personality as part of their family unit, so they can accept leaders who are authoritarian
ex: germany had aloof father figures in their culture, so they saw Hitler as a father figure and accepted Fascism

Question 7

Mass Society Theories

Answer 7

DURKEIM, AENDT, KORNHAUSER
when industrialization/urbanization, people move away from their homes and set cultures
when they don’t have relationships set, they are able to be manipulated

Question 8

Diaperology

Answer 8

when babies are swaddled really tightly, they can’t move, and it makes them passive as adults. also people are more prone to exploding when constraints are removed Russia

Question 9

1-traditional culture (=authoritarianism)

Answer 9

having strict norms/traditions can make it harder to adapt to new things, so countries would not want to switch to democracy

Question 10

Fascism

Answer 10

caused by:
1-authoritarian personality
2-Mass Society Theory (DURKHEIM, ARENDT, KORNHAUSER)

Question 11

Authoritarianism

Answer 11

caused by
1-traditional culture
2-amoral familism (BANFIELD)
3-religion
4-Civic Culture (ALMOND AND VERBA)

Question 12

Democratic Vibrancy

Answer 12

PUTNAM

associations=>social capital=>democratic vibrancy

Question 13

Associations

Answer 13

Reasons:
TOQUEVILLE-schools for democracy
DURKHEIM-remedy for anomie (norm-less-ness)
KORNHAUSER, ARENDT, FROMME-gives people roots
SANDEL-morality (Civil Virtue)
PUTNAM: they create a certain set of values => democracy

Question 14

social capital

Answer 14

PUTNAM

rules, values, social trust, reciprocity=> cooperation in society for a mutual benefit

Question 15

repeat interaction

Answer 15

Social Capital

people see each other more often with associations => more accountability toward each other => more trust

Question 16

Watch Dog function

Answer 16

with high social capital, people are more likely to keep the government in check and keep them less accountable
less corruption

Question 17

N vs S Italy

Answer 17

North Italy has strong associations/ vibrant democracy

South Italy has weaker associations/ no vibrant democracy

Question 18

Horizontal associations

Answer 18

lots of people on the same level

good (N Italy)

Question 19

Vertical Associations

Answer 19

people are ranked
based on class
people don't meet new people, get to know people, etc

Question 20

Limitations of Associations

Answer 20

PUTNAM
data collection is questionable (surveys)
Putnam doesn’t say the quality of associations is valued