Based on the following are summaries of Elazar’s Political Culture Types: • Traditionalism •
Based on the following are summaries of Elazar’s Political Culture Types:
• Traditionalism •
Elites should dominate social/political decision-making • Top 1% socio-economically (not top 10% or top 25%) • Political participation by the general populace is discouraged • Change should be prevented, status quo should be maintained • Religious determinism helps facilitate this
• Individualism •
Material wealth and market activity is priority • Tends to be pro-ownership, not pro-employee • Embraces corruption as more normal than abnormal
1. What characteristics of these two culture types do you find comforting in, and contributing to, a democracy?
2. What characteristics of these two culture types do you find disconcerting in, and not contributing to, a democracy?
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