The relation between cultural values and models of democracy: a cross-national study
The relation between cultural values and models of democracy: a cross-national study
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文化价值观与民主模式之间的关系：一项跨国研究
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2015
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F. Hendriks
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A. Maleki;F. Hendriks
民主与文化之间的关系是政治学中一个经久不衰的研究课题。在当代的文化分析方法中，价值取向是作为文化的基本表现形式来研究的。主流研究的重点是找出民主制度的质量与社会中基本价值观的存在之间的关系。然而，关于不同国家的文化价值观和民主模式之间的关系究竟是什么，还有一个研究不足的问题。我们知道，在不同的国家，存在着不同的民主模式或格局（例如，多数民主与协商一致民主、参与民主与旁观民主）。但是，为什么一个国家或一组国家赞赏和接受一种民主，而怀疑和诋毁其他类型的民主？本文试图从文化差异的角度来回答这一问题。使用的经验数据来自操作层面的民主和文化层面在国家一级，我们检查假设社会文化价值观和不同的民主模式在不同国家的实践之间的关系。
The relation between democracy and culture is a long-lasting subject of interest in political science. In the contemporary approach to cultural analysis, value orientations are studied as fundamental manifestations of culture. The mainstream research has focused on finding a relation between the quality of a democratic system and the existence of essential values in a society. There is, however, an understudied question as to what the relation between cultural values and models of democracy in different countries exactly is. We know that there are different models or patterns of democracy (for example, majoritarian versus consensus and participatory versus spectator democracy) discernible in various countries. But what is the reason that a particular country, or set of countries, appreciates and accepts one type of democracy, while suspecting and discrediting other types? This article aims to find an answer to this question from the perspective of cultural differences. Using the empirical data derived from the operationalization of dimensions of democracy and dimensions of culture at the national level, we examine hypotheses regarding the relation between societal cultural values and the practice of different models of democracy in various countries.