West Germany: A Remade Political Culture?

Conradt, David P.

doi:10.1177/001041407400700205

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“…These findings as well as the limited effect of social classes also correspond to the main research results at that time. 38 The comparison with the situation in 2008 unveils interesting findings (see Table 2). Basically, we see that similar factors confirm their causal impact on protest, while other variables do not generate any significant effects anymore.…”

Section: Explaining Patterns Of Political Participation In West and Ementioning

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Beyond the Ballot Box: Changing Patterns of Political Protest Participation in Germany (1974–2008)

Lahusen¹,

Bleckmann²

2015

German Politics

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This article deals with the development of 'unconventional' political participation in Germany between 1974 and 2008. Our aim is to describe empirically the evolution of protest actions across time and differences between east and west. Moreover, we strive to unveil explanatory factors by analysing data from the Political Action Survey (1974/75) and the European Values Study (2008) in regard to lawful demonstrations. For this purpose, we draw on scholarly writing and test the causal effects of socio-demographic, social-structural and attitudinal factors. Our findings show that participation in lawful protest forms is not anymore a minoritarian, exceptional or unconventional act of political claims making, but a normal aspect of political behaviour. Demonstrations do not recruit exclusively a specific constituency with a clear social profile, but rather citizens from different social backgrounds and orientations. Moreover, our data suggest a gradual convergence between East and West Germany.

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Beyond the Ballot Box: Changing Patterns of Political Protest Participation in Germany (1974–2008)

Lahusen¹,

Bleckmann²

2015

German Politics

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“…But the overall picture was one in which the habits and attitudes on which the post-war Bonn Republic was premised were insufficiently developed to provide a stable foundation for democracy. 75 German political culture was ritualistic and passive, with individuals lacking the skills with which they could cooperate politically. The instability of the Weimar Republic, and searing experience of the Third Reich, moreover, had resulted in overly pragmatic attachments to the political system.…”

Section: From Weimar To the Bonn And Berlin Republics: The Civic Cultmentioning

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The Civic Cultureat 50: Change, Continuity and Challenges in the Federal Republic of Germany

Campbell

Conradt

2015

German Politics

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“…But Verba, in an important essay, explicitly suggests that institutions may also have a significant influence on individuals' values because "what an individual believes about the political process is learned from observation of that process" (1965,533). The central supposition is that elites' (and publics') exposure to a particular institutional configuration substantially influences the basic political values of individuals, a theme that became increasingly important in the wake of the success of West German democratic institutions (Almond and Verba 1980;Conradt 1974;Rogowski 1974). From this perspective, individuals' regime experience may be viewed as a combination of elites' exposure to the regime ideology (the official values and norms) and regime practices (the operating norms).…”

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Report from the Laboratory: The Influence of Institutions on Political Elites' Democratic Values in Germany

Rohrschneider

1994

Am Polit Sci Rev

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The unification of Germany revives several questions about the future of Germany's democracy. Given the socialist-authoritarian background, how supportive are East Germany's elites of liberal democratic rights? Has the socialist-democratic experience instilled into elites a social egalitarian conception of democracies? In what ways, if at all, do elites support direct democracy procedures? I examine political elites' conceptions of democracies in the united Germany in 1991, using a survey of 168 parliamentarians from the united parliament in Berlin. I find that the socialist and parliamentary institutions in the East and the West, respectively, have substantially influenced elites' conceptions of democracies in Germany, leading to a value divergence across the East-West boundary. Yet the findings also suggest that a partial value convergence in terms of liberal democratic rights among postwar elites has taken place. The results support an institutional learning theory, but they also suggest that support for liberal democratic values has been diffused into East Germany.

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West Germany: A Remade Political Culture?

Cited by 46 publications

References 7 publications

Beyond the Ballot Box: Changing Patterns of Political Protest Participation in Germany (1974–2008)

Beyond the Ballot Box: Changing Patterns of Political Protest Participation in Germany (1974–2008)

The Civic Cultureat 50: Change, Continuity and Challenges in the Federal Republic of Germany

Report from the Laboratory: The Influence of Institutions on Political Elites' Democratic Values in Germany

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