{"product_id":"chiles-political-culture-and-parties-9780268008406","title":"Chiles Political Culture and Parties","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concept of political culture is youngborn from the need to explain the dramatic sociological and political changes that occurred in Europe both during and after the Second World War. The practice of examining the culture of political parties in depth through an ethnographic field study of a country's social structure is, so far, a neglected one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarissa Adler Lomnitz and Ana Melnick rectify the lack of attention to this area with respect to Chile in \u003ci\u003eChile's Political Culture and Parties: An Anthropological Explanation\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume examines Chile's political culture by considering its origin and the persistence of its grammar, which the authors define as the ability of each member of society to function within social categories and rules. This grammar, they believe, is what gives character to national culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLomnitz and Melnick argue that political parties in Chile are a conglomeration of horizontal networks of friends. Class is perfectly established within C\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eChile’s Political Culture and Parties\u003c\/i\u003e is a seminal, scholarly, original, and highly recommended reading for students of Chile’s history, politics, and contemporary culture.” —\u003ci\u003eReviewer’s Bookwatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A]n excellent comprehensive study.... A useful addition to Chilean history and politics with some original and novel interpretations.” —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lomnitz and Melnick have made an important contribution to the study of political culture, and they have shed new light on the cultural dimensions of party organizations. Their book should be highly recommended to scholars with an interest in these topics.”—\u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Political Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this interesting book on Chilean political culture, Lomnitz and Melnick present an anthropological model for understanding the workings of political parties.”—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400715542871,"sku":"9780268008406","price":70.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268008406.jpg?v=1730471376","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chiles-political-culture-and-parties-9780268008406","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}