Political culture and public opinion / edited by Arthur Asa Berger

Contributor(s):

Asa Berger, Arthur [ed.]

Publication details: New Brunswick ; Oxford : Transaction Publishers, 1989Description: VII, 194 pISBN:

0887387535

Summary: What is the relationship between political culture and public opinion in nations, groups, and individuals in the United States and abroad? What is their impact on American politics and society? Arthur Asa Berger has used a conceptual framework developed by Aaron Wildavsky, whose introductory essay provides a theoretical overview, to organize this collection of essays on this important subject. Four political cultures are seen as characteristic of all democratic societies: hierarchical elitist, competitive individualist, egalitarian, and fatalist. The essays selected for inclusion both explain and elaborate upon this schema, drawing upon a diversity of disciplines. Part One, including essays with a hierarchical perspective, has Leo Bogart's "Mass Communications and World Opinion" and William H. Dutton's "Looking Beyond Teledemocracy: The Politics of Communications and Information Technology: Part Two, which reflects the competitive individualist position, has Conrad Phillip Kottak's study, "Television, Culture and the State in Brazil," anda film review by Wildavsky, "Thief: At Long Last, A Good Movie About a Capitalist." Part Three, on egalitarian political cultures, has Carol Wilder's "Up Against the Wall: The Vietnamese Memorial and the Paradox of Rememberance" and Muriel Cantor's case study, "The Politics of Culture: Feminism and the Media: Part Four, on fatalist political cultures contains C. Cajetan Luna's analysis of "The Graffiti of Homeless Youth," and Arthur Asa Berger's analysis of the Macintosh commercial "1984:' The book includes an introduction by the editor reviewing some of the more significant themes in the essays, as well as introductions to each section that point out the important attributes of each political culture. The book will be of interest to professionals in academic life and may be used in courses on politics, the media, and communication. (Font: Editor)

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Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. A Theoretical Overview: 1. Choosing Preferences by Constructing Institutions: A Cultural Theory of Preference Formation / Aaron Wildavsky -- II. Hierarchical Collectivism : Introduction ; 2. Mass Communications and World Opinion / Leo Bogart -- 3. Looking Beyond Teledemocracy: The Politics of Communications and Information Technology / William H. Dutton -- III. Competitive Individualism : Introduction ; 4. Television, Culture and the State in Brazil / Conrad Phillip Kottak -- 5. Thief: At Long Last, a Good Movie about a Capitalist / Aaron Wildavsky -- IV. Egalitarianism : Introduction ; 6. Up Against The Wall: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial & the Paradox of Remembrance / Carol Wilder -- 7. The Politics of Culture: Feminism and the Media / Muriel G. Cantor -- V. Fatalism : Introduction ; 8. Welcome to My Nightmare: The Graffiti of Homeless Youth / C. Cajetan Luna -- 9. "1984": The Commercial / Arthur Asa Berger -- Name Index -- Subject Index

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