Political Culture and Democracy in Developing Countries, Textbook Edition

In response to scores of requests, this textbook edition of Political Culture and Democracy in Developing Countries has been abridged to convey the core arguments of the book in a format appropriate for classroom use.

The authors explore the complex and reciprocal interactions between a society's dominant beliefs, values, and attitudes about politics and the nature of its political system. Among the issues they address are: to what extent is political culture cause or effect; how can its causal importance for democracy be weighed; what are the most important elements of a democratic political culture; and how are these elements developed over time?

• Foreword: The Return to Political Culture—Gabriel A. Almond.
• Introduction: Political Culture and Democracy—L. Diamond.
• Culture and Democratization in India—R. Sisson.
• Between Liberalism and Statism: African Political Cultures and Democracy—N. Chazan.
• Paths to Democracy and the Political Culture of Costa Rica, Mexico, and Nicaragua—J.A. Booth and M.A. Seligson.
• A Nonparadigmatic Search for Democracy in a Post-Confucian Culture: The Case of Taiwan, R.O.C.—A.Y.C. King.
• Autonomous Groups as Agents of Democratic Change in Communist and Post-Communist Eastern Europe—C. M. Sadowski.
• State Elites and Democratic Political Culture in Turkey—E. Ozbudun.
• Christian Democracy, Liberation Theology, and Political Culture in Latin America—P.E. Sigmund.
• Causes and Effects—L. Diamond.