The Relevance of (Political) Culture for Regime Change and Stability

Abstract

In order to anchor political culture as an impact factor alongside economist and institutionalist approaches in the field of democratization and autocratic stability research, the panel addresses the role of culture (e.g. religion, language, ethnicity) and political culture for regime stability and the prospects of regime change. The panel invites theoretical and empirical papers addressing questions such as: -How significant is (political) culture when confronted with other well-known impact factors such as socio-economic development, institutional setting, foreign intervention? -In what ways does the popular perception of regime legitimacy play a role for regime change and stability? -Whose (political) culture matters (elite, population) in different regime types? -Which aspects of culture are crucial when speaking of cultures ‘prone to democracy or autocracy’? -Which types of political cultures can be identified beyond the opposition of democratic and autocratic (e.g. hybrid political cultures)?

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