Civic culture

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A '''civic culture''' or '''civil political culture''' is a [[political culture]] characterised by "acceptance of the authority of the state" and "a belief in participation in civic duties". The term was first used in [[Gabriel Almond]] and [[Sidney Verba]]'s book, ''[[The Civic Culture]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/civic-culture |title=civic culture: Definition from |publisher=Answers.com |date= |accessdate=2009-06-09}}</ref> Civic political culture is a mixture of other political culutres namely parochial, subject and participant political cultures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://academic.regis.edu/jriley/205civicculture.htm |title=Almond and Verba's Civic Culture |publisher=Academic.regis.edu |date= |accessdate=2009-06-09}}</ref> Almond and Verba characterised Britain as having a civic political culture.<ref>Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson, The Cambridge Social History of Britain 1750-1950, p106</ref> In "Is Britain Still a Civic Culture?" [[Patrick Seyd]] and [[Paul Whiteley]] discuss the extent to which Britain can still be regarded as having a civic political culture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/6/6/6/0/p66600_index.html |title=Is Britain Still a Civic Culture? |publisher=Allacademic.com |date= |accessdate=2009-06-09}}</ref>
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