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A. COMPARATIVE METHOD
1. What are Elazar’s classifications of state political culture?
Political culture is generally about how the people feel towards the government and how they should act about the government.
• Moral Political Culture. The society in this culture is of more importance compared to the individual. Political activities are more concerned about the society as opposed to the individual. Moral political culture has the following characteristics; more emphasis on the concept of common wealth as the basis of democratic government, the promotion of public good measures the degree of goodness of the government, the politicians are not allowed to profit from political activities giving …show more content…
This kind of political culture is found where the social ties and the family ties are prominent. The culture embraces hierarchical society as part of the natural order of things. In this context, a number of families run the government and the others have little to say about it. The traditional political culture has the following characteristics; a very active government in the society activities, ensuring the needs of the community and the maintenance of the community social order, the leaders are less innovative and are to play the role of custodial and conservative in the society, limited presence of the government in the society which is considered a good …show more content…
Direct democracy makes for a better democracy as it allows for the maximum participation of the people through voting for their own leaders and policies.
Direct democracy refers to the type of democracy the people of a nation have the powers to decide on their leaders, policies that govern the people of that country. There are several types of direct democracy, the legislative referred constitutional amendment, the initiated state referred statue.
Direct democracy is seen as an advantaged democracy as it gives control to the people. The person poses the ability to cast votes that will effect on how things will be run. The government is forced to be transparent to the people in order to allow for the people to make more informed decisions during the voting process. This ensures that the political game is not all that dirty. Direct democracy provides a better chance for change. Instead of the country being taken through a coup to achieve change, all they could do is vote for change and better
Institution,
Date,
A. COMPARATIVE METHOD
1. What are Elazar’s classifications of state political culture?
Political culture is generally about how the people feel towards the government and how they should act about the government.
• Moral Political Culture. The society in this culture is of more importance compared to the individual. Political activities are more concerned about the society as opposed to the individual. Moral political culture has the following characteristics; more emphasis on the concept of common wealth as the basis of democratic government, the promotion of public good measures the degree of goodness of the government, the politicians are not allowed to profit from political activities giving …show more content…
This kind of political culture is found where the social ties and the family ties are prominent. The culture embraces hierarchical society as part of the natural order of things. In this context, a number of families run the government and the others have little to say about it. The traditional political culture has the following characteristics; a very active government in the society activities, ensuring the needs of the community and the maintenance of the community social order, the leaders are less innovative and are to play the role of custodial and conservative in the society, limited presence of the government in the society which is considered a good …show more content…
Direct democracy makes for a better democracy as it allows for the maximum participation of the people through voting for their own leaders and policies.
Direct democracy refers to the type of democracy the people of a nation have the powers to decide on their leaders, policies that govern the people of that country. There are several types of direct democracy, the legislative referred constitutional amendment, the initiated state referred statue.
Direct democracy is seen as an advantaged democracy as it gives control to the people. The person poses the ability to cast votes that will effect on how things will be run. The government is forced to be transparent to the people in order to allow for the people to make more informed decisions during the voting process. This ensures that the political game is not all that dirty. Direct democracy provides a better chance for change. Instead of the country being taken through a coup to achieve change, all they could do is vote for change and better