Comparative Political Culture

Education facts

Code: ASK22K

The course provides an introduction to concepts and theories related to political culture. This includes the meaning of political culture and its consequences from a comparative perspective. Our understanding of norms, values and attitudes in new and established democracies is problematised from different thematic approaches. The course also takes up the relationship between political culture and the support for democracy and its functioning. The student is also taught how to critically and independently formulate scientific problems, how to use different types of databases, and how to analyse data with suitable scientific methods.

Entry requirements

A minimum of 180 credits on first cycle, including 90 credits in Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Human Rights or Peace and Conflict Studies, including a minimum of 7,5 credits research method with a focus on Social Science and English 6

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Comparative Political Culture

  Dalarna University

  Start date: 15 December 2025

  End date: 18 January 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %