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Political Culture and Political Preferences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

David D. Laitin
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Aaron Wildavsky
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley

Abstract

Aaron Wildavsky has argued that it is theoretically more useful to think of political preferences as rooted in political culture than to entertain alternative bases such as schemas or ideologies. In the APSA presidential address in which he made his case, Wildavsky also advocated a program of research on political cultures, and welcomed “challenges and improvements.” David Laitin accepts the invitation; he variously takes issue with Wildavsky's concept of political culture.

Type
Controversies
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1988

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