Compliance Ideologies: Rethinking Political Culture

by Richard W. Wilson

Book Overview

Drawing on a broad range of literature in the social sciences, this book deals with one of the most elusive subjects in the study of politics and society: the role of culture. Wilson first develops a definition of political culture and a theoretical argument about how political cultures are formed and how they evolve. He emphasizes the roles of social knowledge and technological development as engines of cultural change and the dialectic between individual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521144841
• ISBN13: 9780521144841
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"