Political socialization is the process by which people acquire political attitudes and behaviors through agents like family, school, media, religion, and political parties. It shapes political culture and participation. Political culture refers to the attitudes and values that characterize a political system, while political socialization deals with individuals. Factors like social status, demographics, and family relationships impact political socialization and how people engage with the political system. In Bangladesh, political socialization is shaped by its history of autocracy, centralized wealth and power in political parties, and the tension between democracy and authoritarianism.

1. Head-Line:
Political socialization and participation
What is Political socialization?
Socialization on the Political culture and Political
participation.
The Impact Political socialization on the Political
culture and Political participation.
The Political socialization of Bangladesh.
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Agents of Socialization.
Welcome to this session:
Asha Duzzaman
BSS(Hon’s),-- MSS(BRUR)
(Student)
(Department of Political Science)
(Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur)
Phone: 01767235501,
E-mail: ashad.brur05@gmail.com

2. What is Political socialization?
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*Political socialization encompasses the way in which
people acquire values and opinions that shape their
political stance and ideology by which people acquire
political attitudes, culture and behaviors."
* It’s a learning process by which norms and
behaviors transmitted from one generation to
another.

3. Agents of Socialization.
Family:
Schools:
Media:
Families contribute to children's initial political ideological views, or party
affiliations. Families have an effect on "political knowledge, and
participation", depending on variables such as "family demographics, life
cycle, parenting style, parental level of political cynicism and frequency of
political discussions.
Spending numerous years in school, children in the United States are taught
and reinforced a view of the world that "privileges capitalism and
ownership, competitive individualism, and democracy
Mass media is not only a source of political information; it is an influence
on political values and beliefs. Various media outlets, through news
coverage and late-night programs.

4. Religion:
Political
party:
The state:
Religions beliefs and practices play a role in political opinion formation
and political participation. The theological and moral perspectives offered
by religious institutions shape judgment regarding public policy, equality,
tolerance, Gender roles.
Man is political & social animal. So political parties are the most powerful
agents among all others.
The state is a key source of information for media outlets, and has the
ability to "inform, misinform, or misinform the press and thus the public", a
strategy which may be referred to as propaganda, political or economic
agenda.

5. Socialization on the Political culture and Political participation.
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*The term Political Culture means the attitudes, feelings, ideas, and values that
people have about politics, government, and their own role, and more generally
about authority in all its various forms that make up and characterize a political
community. A political culture is the way in which the individuals within the social
setting view their political system.
*Without political culture there would be no political socialization and without
political socialization there would be no political culture.
* Whereas Political culture deals with the collective, political socialization deals with
the Individual.

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The major factor in political socialization is social status/standing; this has a major influence on the
way in which a person would choose to deal with social issues, and the way in which they would try
to influence policy.
*Demographics also play an important part in the way people respond to politics as their different
situations are affects differently by their political system. Ethnic Identity, race, gender, age, economic
standing, country and education would have a significant effect on what they view as important to
them and what they would like to be done for them through their political system.
* Therefore, society is crucial for human beings because it is associated with their survival. In this
regard, family plays the most important role in spreading socialization. The type relationship formed
in family influences the early stages of children life and formation of their personality and thereby
prepares them to abide by social norms and rules and to have a successful and effective presence in
society.
The Impact Political socialization on the Political culture and
Political participation.

7. The Political socialization of Bangladesh.
*As belonging middle class, having self-esteem and freedom lovely, can’t accept
state of Autocracy, military regime by historically.
*Centralized wealth and Political party and politics capture by bourgeois.
*Paradigm shift to Authoritarian regime, freedom in all aspects is going to be cut
down, As Example: Gordian in BD family are strict not to compromise with other
freedom.
*Double standard of Political parties and there manifestos’ before and after election

8. * The Power Elite Negotiation: Bureaucrats-Political–
economic elites class intimacy.
*The Boundaries of Democracy, Human Rights, and Civil
Society.

9. (ii) The Great Debate:
One groups, made distinction between the state and society. They gave
primacy to society and general will of the people over the state.
second group of philosopher did not make and accept any distinction
between the state and society and advocated the supreme and total
control of the state over all aspects of life of the people. They gave
sharp focus on individual as basic unit.