Concept Of Political Culture Research Articles

Bulgarian Political Culture: Layers Of Formation

In the article, I outline the main layers that are fundamental to the construction of Bulgarian political culture. At the beginning of the text, I clarify the concept of political culture. The examined layers are four: geographical, Balkan, Orthodox, and national. These layers, in particular, have a determining influence on the character of Bulgarian political culture in the modern history of Bulgaria.

Constitutional values & political trust: Foundations for student democratic participation

The paper is based on the concept of political culture, which is particularly important for the maintenance and functioning of a democratic political system and is closely linked with the politicl literacy of young people. In this paper research focus is on the two dimensions of political culture – political values and trust. Specifically, the main research question is: what are the determinants of accepting constitutional values and the trust in political institutions of final year secondary school pupils? The paper use the data provided by research on political literacy of final year secondary school pupils. In order to provide answer to the research question the hierarchical multiple regression is used. In the first step, particular socio-demographic variables (sex, education of mother and education of father) were introduced. In the second step, the type of secondary school education was added. The third group of predictors encompassed the level of religiosity, generalized prejudices and authoritarianism. In the final step political knowledge was included. The introduced model provides certain explanation regarding constitutional values, but fails to explain distrust in political institutions. The phenomenon of low trust in political institutions is discussed in paper.

ГУМОР ЯК ОБ’ЄКТ ПОЛІТОЛОГІЧНОГО ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ

The article examines the peculiarities of the political analysis of humor, its place, and its role in the concept of political culture. It is noted that humor is a component of the mentality of the Ukrainian people. It reflects the value-motivational level of political culture. That level determines the attitude towards government authorities, political parties, and other components of the political system which are relayed with the help of symbols. The article explores the place of humor in the concept of «laughter culture», according to M. Bakhtin. The author describes forms and types of «laughter culture», and functions that were an element of the desacralization of power, according to this concept. The author proposes humor features in the political sphere and its types and functions outlined both in Western and Ukrainian historiography. It is noted that Western researchers hardly use the concept of «political humor». In most cases, they talk about the peculiarities of the use of humor by politicians. The role and place of humor in politicians' speeches, the use of humor in political actions, protests, and various forms of political activism. They analyze political cases and specifics of humor in different countries. The author presents the concept: humor of power, the power of humor, which reflects the possibility of its usage for political purposes (both by politicians and society). At the same time, Ukrainian researchers consider humor a complex phenomenon, outlining its functional features, using «political humor» frame. The author proposes a classification of political science studies of humor according to the object-subject criterion. The author presents the following classification: studies devoted to political leaders and humor in political speeches; studies devoted to the forms of humor in political activity and the role of humor as a tool of propaganda and counter-propaganda; studies dedicated to humor as a tool of strategic communications; security studies - humor during armed conflicts; case studies devoted to the place of humor in different countries. Keywords: humor, political humor, political culture, political studies.

The Impact of Myth Consciousness on the Formation of the National Political and Cultural Space: “Ukraine is not Russia”

The articles researches the concept of political culture as a system of inherited political notions expressed in symbolic forms and generalizes the differences between the political culture of Ukrainians and Russians. It stresses that the cultural identity of Ukraine is established on one of its basic tendencies – penchant for archaization of all symbolic forms; it researches the place of the heroic political myth in this process; it analyzes sacral projections of the political in the myth through which the subject-and-object order of the Ukrainian politics world is explained. Thus, the pattern of the heroic monomyth (a structured ontological range of symbols) serves as a program of political reality (as a structured order of political objects). The symbols of the heroic monomyth have sacral significance because they present an idea of political order, stability, forecastability of politics (the latter is lacking in the crisis context of development) when there is unwillingness of a part of citizens to bear responsibility for prospects of future development of events in the country in the conditions of long-term uncertainty. The article researches peculiarities of the how the structure-image of the hero builds the constitution of political reality in Ukraine and Russia.

A Review of the Research on the Basic Concepts of Political Culture within the Communist Party of China

Clear party political culture concept is a scientific understanding of the communist party of China party politics culture construction rule and the precondition of constructing party political culture system. Since xi general secretary on the sixth plenary session of 18 first proposed "the party's political culture" in this era proposition, domestic academia on its relevant concepts "launched a multi-angle and deep worth research and the elaboration, has achieved rich results. At the same time should also be aware of, because "the party's political culture" in this era proposition put forward by the time is short, scholars for the study of the concept of "political culture" party is still in its infancy, there are the core concepts definition is not clear, the research Angle of view of a single, lack of comparative study and deficiency, so need to be promoted from the three aspects.

The Shift of Indonesian Political Culture from Moral Legitimacy to Capital Legitimacy

This research is the result of a study of the shift in culture and political practices in Indonesia from moral legitimacy to capital legitimacy. This research is based on the concept of political culture, political theory, the practice of political meaning, and the views of several political observers. The results of research on the changes and political culture in Indonesia. The embodiment of political practice is related to political actors who practice what is called homo homini lupus which is justified. The shift from moral legitimacy to behavioral capital legitimacy is only measured in material terms and this is not in line with the Pancasila Democratic Ethics, which in principle argues that all political processes must be based on the value of struggle for the Indonesian State and Nation. Political pragmatism as it is today will be linked to political capitalization and liberalization, all of which are based on 2 (two) determinants, namely, money and power. Money and power are everything that must be obtained to maintain power itself, regardless of whether the process is against ethics and hurts the conscience of the sovereign people.

Comparative analysis of modern concepts of political culture in foreign science

Comparative analysis of modern concepts of political culture in foreign science

The role of Iraqi newspapers in instilling political culture among the public after 2003, a field study on the audience of the city of Baghdad

The role of Iraqi newspapers in instilling political culture among the public after 2003, a field study on the audience of the city of Baghdad, University of Baghdad, College of Information, Department of Journalism, 2019, The problem of research is to investigate the role of Iraqi newspapers in instilling the political culture of individuals after 2003, and monitor this role Through the contents and messages provided by the Iraqi newspapers to the public. the research is classified within descriptive research, it adopts the survey methodology and used the questionnaire tool. In fact, the questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 400 individuals that was selected according to the method of multi-stage cluster sample of those who read the Iraqi newspapers in paper and electronic format. The research reached a number of results, most notably: 1) Concerning the research on the concept of political culture from the viewpoint of the respondents: "the development of political awareness in all political" ranked first with (37.3%), followed by "the process of political participation in various 2) The results of the research indicate that the overall average of the degree of knowledge achieved by reading the Iraqi newspapers was (2.45) and (61.2%) . 3) The largest number of respondents confirmed that the most prominent political information and knowledge covered by the Iraqi newspapers is "political knowledge regarding the daily events of the country" as reached 27.4%.

Political Culture as a Determinant Factor in the Performance of the Public Sector in Albania

The successful implementation of reforms in public institutions is crucial for a country’s progress. The achievement of these reforms always depends on various factors. One of the most important ones to be considered while evaluating the fulfillment of a reform is culture and mainly the political culture. Culture itself is a wide concept, yet, authors have tried to give several definitions to it. Nowadays, several authors are trying to connect the concept of culture to the nations’ “performance” in fields like economy, public sector etc. Reforms in the public institutions are mainly needed in those countries that experience transitional political regimes. Albania has changed its political regime since the early 90s, however the reforms on its public insitutions have been quite slow, even though some obvious progress has been made in the 30 years after the fall of communism. Therefore, this study aims to focus in the role of the political culture of the Albanian society in the performance of the public sector in this country. This study will analyze the concept of political culture by focusing in the characteristics of individual vs collevtist societies and the society’s attitude towards politics and governance, therefore the political culture concept will be used to explain the behavior of the Albanian society towards the “efficiency and effectiveness” of its public institutions.
 
 Received: 4 June 2021 / Accepted: 10 July 2021 / Published: 15 July 2021

The issue of the formation the political culture of young people in the context of pluralism

The article discusses the role of youth in building a democratic civil society, the problem of youth consciousness and thinking in the context of a variety of opinions, as well as the concept of political culture in the upbringing of a harmoniously developed generation. It also describes that political culture is a phenomenon associated with a variety of opinions, freedom of thought, that is, a culture of free expression of opinions.

Features and trends of the development of the political culture of the Ukrainian society in the conditions of the hybrid warfare

The article analyzes the latest research and publications on the selected topic, examines the concept of political culture, analyzes approaches to the classification of political culture, and substantiates the state and prospects of formation in Ukrainian society. The relevance of the topic of the research is that political culture as a phenomenon of social life contains sensual and theoretical, value and normative, rational and subconscious ideas of citizens, which help them to understand and develop comprehensive relationships with the institutions of government and with each other regarding participation in governing society and the state. In the context of hybrid warfare, the study of factors of influence and peculiarities of political culture of modern Ukrainian society is of particular importance. The events taking place in Ukraine today are aimed at destroying the consciousness and subjectivity of individuals, society and the nation as a whole, which influences the formation of political culture of society. In order to better understand the specifics of the ambiguous situation in Ukraine, both political and economic, it is necessary to analyze the peculiarities of the political culture of modern Ukrainian society and recent trends in its transformation. The purpose of the article is to study the peculiarities and tendencies of the development of political culture of Ukrainian society in the conditions of hybrid warfare. The objectives of the study: to identify the features of modern ideas about political culture; to determine the specific political culture of Ukrainian society; consider the influence of internal and external factors on the formation of political consciousness in a hybrid warfare. The methodology is to apply analytical and systematic research methods. The scientific novelty of the study is the isolation of various influences on the destruction of consciousness of individuals and society, which directly influence the formation of political culture in the conditions of hybrid warfare. The prospect of further research is to develop ways of counteracting the hybrid warfare and to improve the mechanisms by which Ukrainian society will be united into a single political nation.

Szkolna kultura polityczna. Czym jest i jak ją badać?

The article is an attempt to create a new category in the study of the school, which is school political culture. Theoretical meta-analysis was used. In the first part, the author explains why she asks about school political culture. Based on the assumption that the school is an organisation, it justifies applying the tools of political culture to its study. The school as an organisation is a separate system of activity, with clearly defined goals, a specific division of labour among members of the school community and connectivity between elements with a certain degree of formalisation and hierarchy of power. A comparison of elements of the school’s organisation with the basic elements of the political system is presented. The second part introduces the criteria that the theory of political culture should meet to become a theory that can be applied in school space. A meta-analysis of selected concepts of political culture: Gabriel Almond, Vilfredo Pareto and Zbigniew Blok (based on the developed criteria) allowed the selection of a leading theory. The results of meta-analysis are the subject of the third part of the article. The initial adaptation of the selected theory leading to the school specificity is a contribution to further scientific work on the development of a research tool allowing the classification of school political culture: of individual students, as well as the one dominating in the group.

Многозначность понятия и современные тенденции развития политической культуры

The study considers the current trends in the politi-cal culture development. The relevance of the topic is determined by the fact that, introduced in the 18th century, the concept of political culture began to be studied in essence only from the middle of the 20th century, so there is a need for a more in-depth study of this aspect, of modern cultural studies and phi-losophy of politics, the relationship between politi-cal culture and the laws of development of certain processes in society, methods of their recognition. It is noted that the political culture reflects the system of state life, the living organization of society, which means that the relatively rapid development of sci-entific knowledge, the theory of knowledge be-comes increasingly important in the study of politi-cal culture. The author draws attention to the fact that the analysis of knowledge problems in political culture leads to an understanding of the object and subject, the essence and foundations of political knowledge in general, to an understanding of the laws of its development within the modern scientific picture of the world. It is shown that when develop-ing methodological problems of political culture research, it should be considered in three scientific sections: as a system of knowledge, as an element of the spiritual culture of society, and as a special form of activity. The author draws attention to the fact that political culture has a huge spiritual and material potential, primarily in education, socio-economic and other spheres.

Between Rome and Byzantium: The Golden Age of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania’s Political Culture—Second Half of the Fifteenth Century to the First Half of the Seventeenth Century

Between Rome and Byzantium: The Golden Age of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania’s Political Culture—Second Half of the Fifteenth Century to the First Half of the Seventeenth Century

THE PHENOMENON OF POLITICAL CULTURE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL DISCOURSE

Problem setting. The formation of the rule of law state and civil society in Ukraine is largely conditioned by the state of political culture, which emerges as an important component of the sociocultural image of the nation and at the same time as a structural element of the political system of the state, which determines the nature of the interaction between the state and citizens, the state and institutions of democracy.Recent research and publications analysis. The study of political culture belongs to the sphere of scientific interests of Ukrainian and foreign scientists. Problems of studying political culture were addressed by such Ukrainian scientists as V. Bebyk, M. Golovaty, L. Gorodenko, M. Dmytrenko, L. Nagorna, V Rebkalo, N. Repina, O. Rudakevich, O. Stehnii, M. Trebin, B. Tsymbalistyi and others. Important contributions to the theoretical development ofpolitical culture ideas have also been made by foreign scholars, including G. Almond, R. Jackman, L. Dittmer, R. Ellis, D. Fuchs, R. Lane, J. Lorenz, I. Lustick, S. Maerz, R. Miller, W. Mishler, M. Neumann, L. Pye, W. Rosenbaum, C. Schneider, R. Tucker, S. Verba, et al.Paper objective. The purpose of the article is to study the nature and structure of political culture, to consider the features of its typology.Paper main body. The concept of «political culture» as a subjective dimension of politics was introduced in to scientific circulation only in the XVIII century by German philosopher J. Herder and until the middle of the twentieth century it was view edrather at the level of world-view universalism ratherthaninits specific form sandmanifestations. Through the efforts of G. Almond, S. Verba, L. Pye, D. Kavanagh, and other researchers, the theoretical foundations for considering political culture were developed.In the future, three major theoretical and methodological approaches to defining the essence ofpolitical culture have emerged in political science. The first of these, including the time of its appearance, is an orientation approach that, by its very nature, reduces political culture to the sphere of political consciousness (G. Almond, S. Verba, L. Pye, J. Powell, etc.). But it should be noted that representatives of the orientation approach to the consideration ofpolitical culture leave out of its content elements ofpolitical behavior that have been the subject of special analysis in the writings of a number of scholars (R. Tucker, E. Wind, D. Paul, etc.), who believe that along with the «samples» of political consciousness, political samples must necessarily include «samples» of political behavior. The third theoretical and methodological approach to the analysis of political culture is reflected in the works of such foreign scholars as I. Shapiro, P. Sharan, and others. In these works, political culture is interpreted as a way, style of political activity, as a system of behavioral values, peculiar «spiritual codes» of the behavior of individuals in the political sphere, which testify to the degree of free assimilation of the generally accepted norms andtraditions of public life, to the combination in their daily activities of standard and creative techniques for the exercise of their rights and responsibilities.It should be noted that today the concept of political culture is increasingly enriched by the meanings derived from «culture» as a supernatural reality, which expresses the integrity of life manifestations of society. As a result, political culture acts as a political dimension of the cultural environment, as a characteristic of the consciousness and behavior of individuals and social groups, as an indicator of civilizational development. In this regard, political culture can be interpreted as part of a general culture and inheritance, including a historically formed set ofpolitical knowledge, values, behavior patterns of a social subject (individual, social group, society as a whole) and their implementation in a particular system political relations and political activity. Such an understanding of political culture allows us to distinguish it, according to N. Semke, into three main components: 1) regulatory element (political experience); 2) the value element (political consciousness); 3) behavioral element (models of political behavior).Theoretical and methodological analysis of political culture requires consideration of the typology of this phenomenon. The most popular and scientific application was the classification of political cultures, proposed by G. Almond and S. Verba. The criterion for the typology ofpolitical cultures was the level of «frequency ofdifferent types of cognitive, emotional and evaluative orientations to the political system». On this basis, pure types of political cultures were distinguished: patriarchal, subordinate and participatory.Conclusions of the research. Political culture characterizes the degree and quality of political consciousness and political participation of people in solving state and public affairs, as well as ideological worldview aspects of the spiritual life of society in a specific historical period of its development and existence.

Los ritmos de la rebeldía: la música en la formación política de estudiantes activistas universitarios

<p class="Default">En este artículo se analiza el papel de la música en la formación política de un peculiar personaje de la vida cotidiana en la unam: el estudiante activista de izquierda radical, caracterizado por su rebeldía ante el gobierno, el Estado y el capitalismo. La investigación se fundamenta teóricamente en los conceptos de cultura política y formación política. Mediante relatos de vida a 12 estudiantes activistas provenientes de dos facultades de la unam, se describen sus géneros musicales predilectos: rock, ska, reggae y trova; en tanto la música juega un papel fundamental en los procesos de identificación entre sí y con las causas de su lucha, es un proceso de intercambio simbólico fundamental en la construcción de su cultura política.</p>

Cultura política, culturas políticas

La finalidad de este artículo es revisitar el complejo concepto de cultura política, reflexionando sobre el origen, la existencia de diferentes culturas políticas, los debates suscitados, la dificultad metodológica de su aplicación y la utilidad que su uso reporta a la Ciencia Política. Para ello se repasan las teorías clásicas de la cultura política y las críticas que han recibido teniendo en cuenta factores territoriales, históricos, psicológicos, institucionales y metodológicos que culminan en la propuesta de un nuevo esquema interpretativo.

정치 문화 개념의 일고찰 : 서구 시민정치문화의 형성과 발전을 중심으로

이 연구는 알몬드와 베르바의 정치 문화 개념의 한계를 파악하고, 이 한계를 극복하기 위한 한 방안으로서 서구 유럽 봉건주의 시대의 정치 문화적 유산을 분석했다. 알몬드와 베르바의 정치 문화 분류는 정치 문화 연구의 이정표적 가치를 지니고 있으나 정치 발전의 근본적인 동인은 포함되어 있지 않다. 본 연구는 봉건주의 시대를 거친 서구 유럽 국가들의 ‘지방형 정치 문화’와 ‘신민형 정치 문화’적 유산이 알몬드와 베르바의 ‘시민정치 문화’의 형성에 기여하고 있다는 것을 분석했다.

ПОЛІТИЧНА КУЛЬТУРА СТУДЕНТСЬКОЇ МОЛОДІ У КОНТЕКСТІ КОМПЕТЕНТНІСНОГО ПІДХОДУ

У статті здійснено теоретичний аналіз поняття політичної культури студентської молоді у вимірі компетентнісного підходу. Розглянуто питання про співвіднесення понять «політична культура» та «громадянська культура», а також таких якісних характеристик цих феноменів, як «політична компетентність» та «громадянська компетентність» у контексті різних напрямів їх наукового вивчення. Обговорюється питання про визначення таких ключових змінних для характеристики означених компетентностей, щодо яких сформувався певний консенсус між дослідниками: зацікавленість, поінформованість (знання), самоефективність (політична чи громадянська), мотивація, які пов’язані зі ставленням (до політичних чи громадянських інститутів) та участю (політичною чи громадянською). Зроблено висновок про доцільність використання когнітивного, ціннісного, мотиваційного, емоційно-оціночного, рефлексивного, поведінкового критеріїв для вивчення рівня політичної культури студентської молоді.

The Rise of ‘Illiberal’ Democracy: The Orbánization of Hungarian Political Culture

This article examines the rise of the political right and far-right in Hungarian political culture. It highlights the contribution that world-systems analysis can bring to an historical sociological understanding of the concept of political culture, with a particular focus on contemporary Hungary. Many commentators are asking: how it can be that 30 years of democratic transition has led to the dominance in Hungary of a politics of intolerance, illiberalism and ethno-Nationalism, as manifested in both the current government, Fidesz, and the neo-fascist party, Jobbik. This paper argues that the correct way to frame the question is to ask: why, given the legacy of authoritarian social and political movements that have shaped Hungary’s modern history, should a stable, liberal, political culture emerge after communism? Instead what the paper shows is that the goals of classical liberalism and a liberal political culture have long been destroyed by three factors: capitalism; the nation-state; and the persistence of traditional and sometimes irrational forms of social hierarchy, prejudice and authority. Hungary’s current Orbánisation reflects an on-going tension between liberal and illiberal tendencies, the latter being part of the foundations of the modern world-system. Rather than viewing Hungary as a dangerous exception to be quarantined by the European Union, it should be recognised that the political right in Hungary is linked to broader trends across the world-system that foster intolerance and other anti-enlightenment and socially divisive tendencies. Political cultures polarised by decades of neoliberal reforms and in which there is no meaningful socialist alternative have reduced Hungary’s elite political debates to the choice of either neoliberalism or ethnonationalism, neither of which is likely to generate socially progressive solutions to its current problems.