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Civility and Traditionalism in English Political Culture

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  • Jessop, R. D.

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Two main themes have been emphasized in recent description and interpretation of English political behaviour. One theme traces the stability of our political system to a widespread attachment to the civic values of submission to authority and an intermittent popular participation. The other theme explains support (at least among the manual working class) for the Conservative party in terms of deference to a traditional elite and/or a pragmatic appraisal of that party's economic and welfare capabilities. Little attention has been paid to the validity of either interpretation or to the relations between them. Accordingly, this paper first reviews the evidence for both themes and attempts to relate them, and then introduces some new survey data to throwfurther light on this problematic subject.

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  • Jessop, R. D., 1971. "Civility and Traditionalism in English Political Culture," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(1), pages 1-24, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:1:y:1971:i:01:p:1-24_00
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