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A '''civic culture''' is a [[political culture]] characterised by:
A '''civic culture''' or '''civic 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>
*Acceptance of the authority of the state
*A belief in participation in civic duties.
The term was first used in [[Gabriel Almond]] and [[Sidney Verba]]'s  book, ''[[The Civic Culture]]''.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/civic-culture</ref>
 
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A civic culture or civic 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.[1] Civic political culture is a mixture of other political culutres namely parochial, subject and participant political cultures.[2] Almond and Verba characterised Britain as having a civic political culture.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "civic culture: Definition from". Answers.com. http://www.answers.com/topic/civic-culture. Retrieved on 2009-06-09. 
  2. ↑ "Almond and Verba's Civic Culture". Academic.regis.edu. http://academic.regis.edu/jriley/205civicculture.htm. Retrieved on 2009-06-09. 
  3. ↑ Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson, The Cambridge Social History of Britain 1750-1950, p106
  4. ↑ "Is Britain Still a Civic Culture?". Allacademic.com. http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/0/6/6/6/0/p66600_index.html. Retrieved on 2009-06-09.