Abstract

ZHOU, Liying. The evolution of the Chinese political culture: an approximation through the theoretical model of Almond and Verba. Tla-melaua [online]. 2015, vol.9, n.38, pp.6-23. ISSN 2594-0716.

This essay entails an analysis of the relationship between culture and politics in the history of China. We performed a study of the evolution of the political culture in China following the theoretical model of Almond and Verba. We identify three fundamental phases in this evolution: first, a parochial-subject political culture that corresponds to the traditional Imperial China; second, a subject political culture that corresponds to the China of Mao; and third, a citizen participatory political culture that corresponds to the current Post-Mao China. We conclude pointing out the probability that in a near future the political culture in China will be of a participatory kind and will promote the emergence of a new civic culture in the country.

Keywords : Political culture; China; Confucionism; Maoism; participation.