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'''Civic culture''' refers to the political and social attitudes, values and public opinions underlying democratic government. The concept was first introduced by U.S. political scientists [[Gabriel Almond]] and [[Sidney Verba]]  in the late 1950's in a study of democracy in England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and the United States, </ref> [Almond & Verba, 1963] and updated in their The Civic Culture Revisited </ref> [Almond & Verba, 1989] , the concept is closely aligned with [[civil society]].
'''Civic culture''' is a term coined by Gabriel A. Almond and Sidney Verba (1963) for the set of related political and social attitudes said to be crucial to the success of modern democracies.<ref>Almond, Gabriel A. and Sidney Verba. 1963. The civic culture; political attitudes and democracy in five nations. Princeton, N.J.,: Princeton University Press.
 
</ref> Using what were at the time new survey research techniques, Almond and Verba studied attitudes in five countries: England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and the United States. In the process, they shifted comparative political studies away from a nearly exclusive preoccupation with constitutional analysis to the study of comparative behavior.
The authors updated their perspective in 1989. <ref>Almond, Gabriel A. and Sidney Verba. 1989. The civic culture revisited. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications.</ref>
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== References ==


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Civic culture is a term coined by Gabriel A. Almond and Sidney Verba (1963) for the set of related political and social attitudes said to be crucial to the success of modern democracies.[1] Using what were at the time new survey research techniques, Almond and Verba studied attitudes in five countries: England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, and the United States. In the process, they shifted comparative political studies away from a nearly exclusive preoccupation with constitutional analysis to the study of comparative behavior. The authors updated their perspective in 1989. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Almond, Gabriel A. and Sidney Verba. 1963. The civic culture; political attitudes and democracy in five nations. Princeton, N.J.,: Princeton University Press.
  2. ↑ Almond, Gabriel A. and Sidney Verba. 1989. The civic culture revisited. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications.


Bibliography

Almond, Gabriel A. and Sidney Verba. 1963. The civic culture; political attitudes and democracy in five nations. Princeton, N.J.,: Princeton University Press.
________. 1989. The civic culture revisited. Newbury Park, Calif.: Sage Publications.

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