Brief introduction to Political culture


Political Culture
Concept
The concept of political culture was also originated from the sociological aspect. On the Keen explanation, it is a tool for explaining the political phenomena. It has come to stand as a very important variable for a morphological study of political system.
Political culture is a part of the common social cultural, though it differs itself with other on representation itself own individual identity. Political culture is a learned cultural by which the people or the society change or found changes in their habits or manner. It may also be said more correctly as political socialization.
The attitudes, sentiments and cognition that inform and govern political behavior in any society is known as the political cultural which is resulted by the development of the political socialization. Every individual from his own historical context learn or incorporated won personality. The knowledge and feeling about the politics of his people and communities is also known as the political culture.
So, the political composed of the attitudes beliefs emotions motive norms and values sentiments cognition which represent the political behavior and issues.
It is the main idea of the people on the geographical and historical economical and from the social organization which directly or indirectly effected by the environment of their society which help them to run their own political activities in their society.

Definition of Political Culture
There are many philosophers and exponents who have give their own definition. As there are many exponents the definition varies from each other. But some of the definitions of Political culture are below:
Lucian W. Pye has defined it,
“As a political society of attitudes beliefs and sentiments that gives other and meaning s to the political system. And provides the underlying assumption and rules that govern political behaviors.”
Jalcott Parson has defines,
“Political culture is concerned with a orientation towards political culture”
Alan Ball,
“The political cultural, is composed of the attitudes beliefs emotions and values of the society that relates to the political system and issues”
But most important definition regarding political culture is given by
SP. Verma, “Political culture includes not only the attitudes, of political values ideas cognition ideologist national character and cultural other style”

Basis of the Political Culture
The following are the main agent or basis to produce the political culture:
1.History
2.Geographical location
3.Social-economic structure
4.Political tradition and customs
5.Political thoughts
6.Political organization

Agent of the political culture
The following are the agent of the political culture
1.Family
2.School
3.Society
4.Services
5.Voluntary groups
6.Political parties
7.Religious organization
8.Media
9.Direct contacts

Types of Political Culture
The following are the types of the political culture
Parochial political culture
Subject political culture
Participation political culture

Parochial political culture
These types of political culture are found in mainly in common society. The fundamental characteristics of this political culture is the same person take politics, religion social etc. therefore, there is very little specialization in their work. Here, we find a pattern of indifferceated role structure.
The chief of the society at the same time performs the duties of the minister priest, traders economist and the subjects living other him and not shown any awareness of their political system but only the community as a whole. It may be their own society in account of the development some of the individual may become aware of the political culture.

Subject political culture
The subject political culture is found generally in politically pre-dominance society. It occurs dependent colonies where the people feel pride cultivate hostility toward their political system.
They either accept of the decision for their legitimate rules or struggle against them, in the name of their right to self decision.

Participation political culture
This type of political culture is found in the highly democratic states, where people take active participation in political parties considering as themselves as active member of the politics. They are aware and conscious of their right and duties. Evaluation or criticisms of the system exist at all part and labour people usually take part actively to discuss the major issues. Therefore the rulers itself give concentration to solve the problems.

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