Political Culture

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Morone
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
American Politics ◽  
American Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
American Political Culture ◽  
Marginal Groups ◽  
American Creed

This chapter examines the role of culture in American politics. It begins by asking, is there a distinctive American political culture? and exploring three answers: Yes, the traditional American culture (known as the American creed) is still going strong; no, the American creed has faded; and, finally, traditional accounts of American political culture were myths conconted by the powerful. It then discusses four major, overlapping cultural traditions: individualism/liberalism, community, the ascriptive tradition, and morality. The article argues that the United States had, and still has, a vibrant political culture, courtesy of generations of immigrants who bring new perspectives and marginal groups striving for legitimacy. As a result, the American political culture is a perpetual work in progress, constantly contested and continuously evolving.

A People and its Soldiers: The American Citizen as Soldier, 1775–1861

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo A. Herrera
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Military Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Political Culture ◽  
War Of Independence ◽  
Political Beliefs ◽  
American Citizen ◽  
And Behavior

Military service was the vehicle by which American soldiers from the War of Independence through the Civil War demonstrated and defined their beliefs about the nature of American republicanism and how they, as citizens and soldiers, were participants in the republican experiment. This military ethos of republicanism, an ideology that was both derivative and representative of the larger body of American political beliefs and culture, illustrates American soldiers’ faith in an inseparable connection between bearing arms on behalf of the United States and holding citizenship in it. Patterns of thought and behavior within the ethos were not exclusively military traits, but were characteristic of the larger patterns within American political culture.

scholarly journals EUROPEAN TRADITIONALISTS AND BLM CHALLENGES

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 155-164
Author(s):  
Pavel Ivanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Public Dialogue ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Cultural Roots ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Made In

The article examines the ideological contradictions and specificity of the Black Lives Matter movement in Europe and the development of the All Lives Matter response movement. The author analyzes the causes and patterns of the outbreak of anti-racist protests in the European space in 2020, their cultural roots in the United States and the reaction of traditionalists. The conflict potential of socio-political challenges and the acuteness of disagreements in the context of a new dichotomy and the need to search for a new identity are revealed. Conclusions are made about the similarity of the socio-political demarcation in a number of EU countries and the United States, the role and place of European countries in this conflict are determined. The author analyzes the correlation of US political culture with the process of public dialogue about the problem of racism in Europe, the role of «Cancel» culture and the consolidation of contradictions in the socio-political split among traditionalists and their opponents. Arguments are made in favor of the further development of the ideological conflict in a new dimension and the inevitable exacerbation of the problems of xenophobia.

scholarly journals Cultura política brasileira

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Edward Cyril Lynch
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
The United States ◽  
Diagnosis Delay ◽  
The Real ◽  
American Political Culture ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Colonial Expansion ◽  
The Military

 RESUMOTrata-se de uma introdução teórica ao pensamento político brasileiro, na forma didática de verbete, com a seguinte ementa: Política e cultura política brasileira - A cultura política europeia e seus grandes temas: autoridade, liberdade e igualdade. - A expansão colonial europeia e a conformação da cultura política periférica. - A cultura política iberoamericana e o tema do atraso. - A orientação modernizadora da cultura política brasileira. - A importação das instituições dos países cêntricos como indutor da modernização. - Os modelos cêntricos: Inglaterra, França e Estados Unidos. - A inefetividade institucional: a dicotomia país legal versus país real. - A percepção da defasagem entre instituições e realidade: três diagnósticos. - Primeiro diagnóstico: atraso do país legal em face do país real. - Segundo diagnóstico: inefetividade do país legal sobre o real. - Terceiro diagnóstico: adiantamento demasiado do país legal diante do real. - A frustração em torno da modernização institucional: o pedagogismo. - Reação à crise de legitimidade da política tradicional: as vanguardas modernizadoras. - As vanguardas burocráticas (1): o governante. - As vanguardas burocráticas (2): os militares. - As vanguardas burocráticas (3): a magistratura e o ministério público. - Ideologias políticas brasileiras. - Ideologias políticas (1): o nacional-estatismo. - Ideologias políticas (2). O liberalismo cosmopolita.ABSTRACTThis is a theoretical introduction to Brazilian political thought, in the didactic form of entry, with the following syllabus: Politics and Brazilian political culture. - European political culture and its major themes: authority, freedom and equality. - European colonial expansion and the configuration of peripheral political culture. - The Ibero-American political culture and the theme of backwardness. - The modernizing orientation of Brazilian political culture. – Importation of centric countries’s institutions as inductor of modernization. - The central models: England, France and the United States. - Institutional ineffectiveness: the legal country versus real country dichotomy. - The perception of the gap between institutions and reality: three diagnoses. - First diagnosis: delay of the legal country in relation to the real country. - Second diagnosis: ineffectiveness of the legal country over the real country. - Third diagnosis: excessive development of the legal country before the real country. - The frustration surrounding institutional modernization: pedagogism. - Reaction to the crisis of legitimacy of traditional politics: the modernizing vanguards. - The bureaucratic vanguards (1): the ruler. - The bureaucratic vanguards (2): the military. - The bureaucratic vanguards (3): the judiciary and public ministry. - Brazilian political ideologies. - Political ideologies (1): the national-statism. - Political ideologies (2). The cosmopolitan liberalism. 

Transatlantic Contrafacta, Musical Formats, and the Creation of Political Culture in Revolutionary America

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
GLENDA GOODMAN
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Early Republic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Revolutionary Era ◽  
American Political Culture ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Revolutionary America ◽  
Ambivalent Relationship ◽  
The Revolution

AbstractThis article investigates Revolutionary-era American political culture through contrafacta of the British anthem “God Save the King.” Before, during, and after the Revolution the tune was frequently set with new lyrics that addressed political topics. The formats through which the song circulated (it was disseminated widely in manuscript and print), shaped the meaning and reception of these various contrafacta. Tracking “God Save the King” through the eighteenth century reveals how the United States remained connected to Britain, even when the lyrics—and the goals of the Revolution—repudiated that bond. Song versions also provide a musical map of the fragmenting political landscape of the early Republic. Ultimately, the diversity of the formats and the song versions reveal the ambivalent relationship between postcolonial United States and Britain, as well as the diversity of political culture within the United States.

scholarly journals The Role of Hospitable and Inhospitable States in the Process of Refugee Resettlement in the United States

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Angelique Nolasco ◽  
Daniel Braaten
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
The United States ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Muslim Majority ◽  
Political Economic

Abstract Although the resettlement of refugees is always politically contentious in host countries, the current global refugee crisis has only magnified those contentions. In the United States and in many European countries, there has been a strong backlash against the resettlement of refugees—particularly those from Muslim-majority countries. However, within countries such as the United States, there are areas of the country that are more anti-refugee than others. The purpose of this article is to explore the variation in refugee resettlement across the 50 US states from 2002 to 2010. Refugee resettlement in the United States is done in conjunction with the federal government, religious and secular non-profits, and state governments. Some states are far more hospitable to refugee resettlement than others and this article explores the political, economic and social factors that influence the number of refugees resettled in each state. We find that states with a moralistic political culture resettle the most refugees but more liberal states do not resettle more refugees than conservative states. Also, states with a better quality of life resettle more refugees but so do states with higher poverty rates.

scholarly journals Persecution and Martyrdom: Global Debates and Christian Responses

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
M. CHRISTIAN GREEN
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
The United States ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Persecution ◽  
The World

The Article Examines Religious Persecution, In The United States And Abroad, Through The Lens Of An Extreme Result Of Persecution: Martyrdom. It Examines Maximal And Minimal Definitions Of Martyrdom And Recent Claims And Instances Of Martyrdom, Both In United States Law And Political Culture And Against Christian And Other Religious Groups Around The World. The Article Concludes With Some Principles From Which To Discern An Ethic Of Martyrdom And Claims Of Martyrdom, Recommending Especially Attention To The Role Of The Martyr As Witness. KEYWORDS: Religious Persecution, Martyrdom, Law And Religion, Human Rights, Religious Freedom, Ethics, Witness

Tanzanian and United States Mothers' Beliefs about Parents' and Teachers' Roles in Children's Knowledge Acquisition

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann V. McGillicuddy-De Lisi ◽  
Subha Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Historical Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Classroom Behaviour ◽  
The Us ◽  
Mathematics Knowledge ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
Us Children

Mothers' beliefs about the role of parents and of teachers in the child's acquisition of knowledge in five domains were investigated in a sample of families from Tanzania and from the United States. Tanzanian and US mothers differed in their views of the importance of parents and teachers in the child's acquisition of language, sociopolitical, and historical knowledge, but not in the domains of science or mathematics knowledge. These differences were linked in predictable ways to the cultural traditions of the two countries. Teacher ratings of children's classroom behaviours were also examined across cultures and in relation to mothers' beliefs. Tanzanian children were rated as more dependent than the US children were, and as less independent, creative, and intelligent. United States and Tanzanian mothers' beliefs about the teachers' role in children's historical knowledge showed the most consistent relationship to children's classroom behaviours. For Tanzanian children's classroom behaviour, several other maternal beliefs were related to classroom ratings in addition to beliefs relative to the acquisition of historical knowledge.

E Pluribus Unum

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 121-133
Author(s):  
Matthijs Tieleman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
American Politics ◽  
The United States ◽  
Critical Problem ◽  
History Of ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
Society Today

Abstract Polarization is a critical problem confronting American politics and society today. The history of the Netherlands serves as both a warning and an opportunity for the United States in its quest to solve pernicious partisanship. The eighteenth-century Dutch Republic demonstrates how continued division without compromise can easily lead to revolution and civil war. In contrast, the nineteenth and twentieth centuries of the Netherlands show how a pluralist political culture created a society of compromise and tolerance. This article suggests several ways in which the United States can start to create a similar society of E pluribus unum and mitigate some of the effects of polarization in contemporary American politics.

The Seductions of Crimesploitation: The Apprehension of Sex Offenders on Primetime Television

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel LaChance ◽  
Paul Kaplan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Political Culture ◽  
Reality Television ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Political Culture ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Late Twentieth Century ◽  
Do So

Reality television in the United States has often been understood to reinforce the punitive and neoliberal turns American political culture took in the late twentieth century. But in this article, we examine how it can work to unsettle as well as naturalize punitive and neoliberal ideologies. We do so via a case study of To Catch a Predator, a reality-based television program documenting the detection, legal apprehension, and extralegal punishment of adults seeking sex with teenagers. Both the appeal of the show and its susceptibility to the backlash that ultimately shut down its production, we argue, lay in a tacit invitation to viewers to imagine themselves as predators as well as parents or prosecutors.

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