Before norms : institutions and civic culture / Robert W. Jackman and Ross A. Miller.

By:

Jackman, Robert W, 1946-

Contributor(s):

Miller, Ross A, 1965-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2004]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780472024063
047202406X
1282445170
9781282445178
9786612445170
6612445173

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Before norms.DDC classification:

306.2 22

LOC classification:

JA75.7

Other classification:

89.53

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Contents:

The issues -- The Protestant ethic thesis -- Civic virtue in Italy and the United States -- Civic virtue, growth, and democratization -- Institutions and voter turnout -- Institutions and support for parties of the extreme right / (with Karin Volpert) -- Culture, institutions, and political behavior.

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Summary: The potato famines of the nineteenth century were long attributed to Irish indolence. The Stalinist system was blamed on a Russian proclivity for autocracy. Muslim men have been accused of an inclination to terrorism. Is political behavior really the result of cultural upbringing, or does the vast range of human political action stem more from institutional and structural constraints? This important new book carefully examines the role of institutions and civic culture in the establishment of political norms. Jackman and Miller methodically refute the Weberian cultural theory of politics and build in its place a persuasive case for the ways in which institutions shape the political behavior of ordinary citizens. Their rigorous examination of grassroots electoral participation reveals no evidence for even a residual effect of cultural values on political behavior, but instead provides consistent support for the institutional view. Before Norms speaks to urgent debates among political scientists and sociologists over the origins of individual political behavior. Robert W. Jackman is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. Ross A. Miller is Associate Professor of Political Science at Santa Clara University.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-223) and index.

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English.

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The potato famines of the nineteenth century were long attributed to Irish indolence. The Stalinist system was blamed on a Russian proclivity for autocracy. Muslim men have been accused of an inclination to terrorism. Is political behavior really the result of cultural upbringing, or does the vast range of human political action stem more from institutional and structural constraints? This important new book carefully examines the role of institutions and civic culture in the establishment of political norms. Jackman and Miller methodically refute the Weberian cultural theory of politics and build in its place a persuasive case for the ways in which institutions shape the political behavior of ordinary citizens. Their rigorous examination of grassroots electoral participation reveals no evidence for even a residual effect of cultural values on political behavior, but instead provides consistent support for the institutional view. Before Norms speaks to urgent debates among political scientists and sociologists over the origins of individual political behavior. Robert W. Jackman is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. Ross A. Miller is Associate Professor of Political Science at Santa Clara University.

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