1. Is Britain Still a Civic Culture?
- Author
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Seyd, Patrick and Whiteley, Paul
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CIVICS , *PRACTICAL politics , *PUBLIC opinion ,BRITISH politics & government - Abstract
An examination of the extent to which it still remains appropriate to use the term civic culture in the 21st century. Can the term be used in a political system in which there is dwindling public trust and respect for politicians and political institutions? How should we describe the contemporary political system? This paper looks at the recently conducted citizen audit of Britain to examine the public’s contemporary attitudes and behaviour in relation to these questions; in particular, it examines the public attitudes towards the political system in general, levels of political trust. political competence and efficacy, the level and range of political activities and associational involvements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2002