Political subcultures in Germany

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dc.contributor.authorWalz, Norberten
dc.contributor.committeechairShingles, Richard D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRich, Richard C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKeating, Michael J.en
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:37:42Zen
dc.date.adate2012-06-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:37:42Zen
dc.date.issued1988-02-24en
dc.date.rdate2012-06-10en
dc.date.sdate2012-06-10en
dc.description.abstractWest Germany's political culture has been intensively studied during the existence of the Federal Republic of Germany. However, most studies explore The West German Political Culture as a whole. They do not take into account that Germany is a country which consists of different regions with their own history and tradition. This paper is essentially an effort to rectify this situation by attempting to determine if there are any distinguishable political subcultures in Germany. The assumption is, that historical, phenomena are important in explaining the present political culture of West Germany. In order to determine whether the historical development of West German political culture led to different present political subcultures two approaches were used. First, a qualitative approach; that is a socio-historical library-based analysis, was used. From this analysis propositions for the present West German political subcultures were derived. They were tested with an empirical analysis of survey data from a 1975 sample of West Germans. Suggestions based on the socio-historical analysis accounting for differences in contemporary political culture only partly hold true in the empirical analysis. This paper is a preliminary examination of West German political subcultures offering suggestions and direction for future research.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentix, 120 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06102012-040349en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06102012-040349/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43068en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1988.W3555.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 18316345en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1988.W3555en
dc.subject.lcshComparative governmenten
dc.subject.lcshPolitical scienceen
dc.subject.lcshSubcultureen
dc.subject.lcshGermany -- Politics and governmenten
dc.titlePolitical subcultures in Germanyen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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