Analyze democracy “from below” – from the citizens’ perspective. How well is democracy rooted in the population? You should first discuss the concept of political culture and how it can be studied empirically. Using survey data * you select several (at least 5) empirical indicators of support for democracy and discuss validity and reasonableness according to the literature you have read on democracy and democratization. Thus: How good are these indicators for what to measure? For example, you can choose the classification of David Easton (1965), which is further developed by Pippa Norris (1999) (see folder). Here the distinction is about diffuse and specific support and different levels of democracy support. You can also choose to focus on the thesis on post-materialism and self-expression values ??(see leaflet and course book). You can also use Denk and Christensen’s classification (see folder). Finally, select two countries and compare how they measure on each of your selected indicators. It may be a good idea to choose countries with some variation, but also two countries you have good knowledge of! You can do a simple cross-tabulation in SPSS to check the figure. How are the responses distributed? (Also think about the proportion of respondents who state “don’t know”. And make sure you run the calculation in the right direction!). I prefer if you do your own analysis in SPSS, but if you have difficulties with this, you can find ready-made cross tables for some investigations. Analyze your results and try to explain them based on the theoretical literature on political culture and political support. You should also try to explain the results based on information about the two countries. Write a 6-7 page continuous text. You should also include some tables. You can include them in an appendix. * World Values ??Studies (https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSOnline.jsp) European Social Survey (https://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/)
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