What do you understand by Political Culture? My discussion will centre on France and its neighbouring Germany and within this discussion, I intend to examine political culture as defined by Almond and Verba, as well other political thinkers.

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Name: Elsa D. Marques e Sousa

Student ID: 200357860

Home Dept: POLIS

Programme of Study: International Relations

Module: European politics PIED-1300-01

Seminar's Leader: Helene Dyrhauge

Essay Title: "What do you understand by Political Culture?"

Word Count: 2196

"The modern concern to presence evidence which has been collected and analysed according to accepted canons of scientific research has enhanced our ability to make more precise characterisations of a population's psycho-cultural orientations to politics, and also increased the possibilities of making more genuine cross-national comparisons across political cultures."1

The term "Political Culture" goes back to the late 1950's where Gabriel Almond, an American political scientist stated that "Every political system is embedded in a particular patter of orientations to political action."2 Almond believes that every political system has its own culture which is crucial in the political process because this for one is the pattern which sets the stage for how everything operates. As a result, it is hard to make changes in the political fabric. Nevertheless, understanding this culture can make it much easier to work within that political system.

Therefore, in this essay I will highlight