Government 2306:
Political Behavior
, Political Behavior
• Political Behavior is the study of how
individuals and groups act and behave in
political environments.
• Political Behavior includes:
• Individual Political Behavior
• Interest Groups
• Political Parties
, Education and Democracy
• “A society which makes provision for participation in
its good of all its members on equal terms and
which secures flexible readjustment of its
institutions through interaction of the different
forms of associated life is in so far democratic. Such
a society must have a type of education which gives
individuals a personal interest in social
relationships and control, and the habits of mind
which secure social changes without introducing
disorder. “ (John Dewey’s Democracy and Education)
Political Behavior
, Political Behavior
• Political Behavior is the study of how
individuals and groups act and behave in
political environments.
• Political Behavior includes:
• Individual Political Behavior
• Interest Groups
• Political Parties
, Education and Democracy
• “A society which makes provision for participation in
its good of all its members on equal terms and
which secures flexible readjustment of its
institutions through interaction of the different
forms of associated life is in so far democratic. Such
a society must have a type of education which gives
individuals a personal interest in social
relationships and control, and the habits of mind
which secure social changes without introducing
disorder. “ (John Dewey’s Democracy and Education)
