Active and passive to public activity. Political culture theories as analytical tool of attitudes to the public sphere Cover Image

Zaangażowani i obojętni wobec działalności publicznej. Teoria kultury politycznej jako narzędzie analizy postaw wobec sfery publicznej
Active and passive to public activity. Political culture theories as analytical tool of attitudes to the public sphere

Author(s): Piotr Czakon
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Civil Society, Sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: public sphere; political culture; civil society

Summary/Abstract: In this article the author presented chosen themes from his MA thesis that focused on the general problem of university students’ participation in the public sphere. However in paper, the author focused on the theoretical and operational aspect of his research project. The article provides the description of elaborated classification model of the participants of the study – division into the people with “active” and “passive” attitude to the public sphere. For this purpose, the author reinterpreted classical visions of the public sphere, civil society and political culture, demonstrating that the division of attitudes to political systems can be applied for analysis of the entire public sphere as based on the theory of political culture.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: XIII
  • Page Range: 313-327
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish