6. People
• No sovereign power
• Restricted political participation
• Limited voting right
• Strict rules on political participation
not many of the citizens are
interested in politics
7. Post-war political culture
• Social relations are based on
hierarchy.
• Group – oriented
• Subservience to authority
• conformism and group loyalty
10. New Political Culture
• Clark and Inglehart
• explains the changes in political
attitudes and actions of the public in
advance industrialized societies.
13. New Political Culture
Hoshu Kakushin
prewar regime
rearmament of Japan
anti prewar regime
Opposition to the
rearmament of Japan
small governments market
economy economic
development.
big governments
equality participation
Before
After
14. New Political Culture
• NPC citizens refuse to be treated as “clients”
of parties or the government
they have more personal resources
(education, income, communication skill, etc.).
• They are more active in joining issue-
specific organizations and seeking
participation in general policy formation