ABSTRACT

This is the first major European political science book to discuss the growing interdisciplinary field of 'cultural theory', proposing a coherent and viable alternative to mainstream political science. The authors argue that three elements - social relations, cultural bias and behavioural strategy - illuminate political questions at a level of analysis on any scale: from the household to the state; the international regime to the political party.

part |44 pages

Organisations

chapter |13 pages

Broad Churches, Big Theory and One Small Example

Cultural Theory and intra-party politics

chapter |13 pages

A Trojan Horse in the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture

A cultural theory explanation of intra- and inter-departmental conflicts (and of why they sometimes disappear)

part |51 pages

Political Cultures