1st Edition

Cultural Theory as Political Science

Edited By Gunnar Grendstad, Per Selle, Michael Thompson Copyright 1999
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

This is the first major European political science book to discuss the growing interdisciplinary field of 'cultural theory', proposing a coherent and viable alternative to mainstream political science. The authors argue that three elements - social relations, cultural bias and behavioural strategy - illuminate political questions at a level of analysis on any scale: from the household to the... Read more
Chapter 1 Cultural Theory as Political Science, Michael Thompson, Gunnar Grendstad, Per Selle; PART I Preferences; Chapter 2, Marco Verweij; Chapter 3 The Formation and Transformation of Preferences, Gunnar Grendstad, Per Selle; Chapter 4 Rejection of Cultural Biases and Effects on Party Preferences, Eero Olli; PART II Organisations; Chapter 5 Broad Churches, Big Theory and One Small Example, Tim Bale; Chapter 6 A Trojan Horse in the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Jouke de Vries; Chapter 7, Harald Grimen; PART III Political Cultures; Chapter 8 Cultural Biases and New Media for the Public Domain: Cui Bono?, Frank Hendriks, Stavros Zouridis; Chapter 9, Virginie Mamadouh; Chapter 10 Pollution Through Traffic and Transport, Robert Hoppe, John Grin; PART IV Democracies; Chapter 11, Lotte Jensen; Chapter 12 The Cultural Conditions for Democracy and Their Implications for Transitional Societies, Nadia Molenaers, Michael Thompson; Chapter 13 Consulting the Frogs, Stephen Ney, Michael Thompson;

Biography

Michael Thompson, Gunnar Grendstad, Per Selle