2. Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba outlined three
pure types of political culture
Political
Culture
Parochial Subject Participant
3. Parochial Political Culturee
• Parochial - Where citizens are only remotely
aware of the presence of central
government, and live their lives near enough
regardless of the decisions taken by the
state
4. Subject Political Culture
• Subject - Where citizens are aware of central
government, and are heavily subjected to its
decisions with little scope for dissent.
5. Participant Political Culture
• Participant - Citizens are able to influence
the government in various ways and they are
affected by it.
6. Type of Political Culture
No Type Characteristic
1. Parochial ……………………………………………
……………………………
2. Subject ……………………………………………
……………………………
3. Participant ……………………………………………
……………………………
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7. References
• Almond and Verba's Civic Culture
• Political Culture and Nationalism
• Political Culture at wikipedia
• Coursework.info
