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viewed a hierarchical institution charged with protecting an elite-centered status quo), and individualistic (government viewed as minimalist institution charged with protecting the functionality of the marketplace but is otherwise not active). Elazar's theory is still routinely used as variable in academic research and is discussed in most textbooks on
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American politics. Elazar argues that there are three dominant political subcultures in the American states: moralistic (government viewed as egalitarian institution charged with pursuing the common good), traditionalistic (government
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Lowery, D., & Sigelman, L. (1982). Political culture and state public policy: The missing link. The
Western Political Quarterly, 35(3), 376–384. Retrieved from
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Laitin, D., & Wildavsky, A. (1988). Political culture and political preferences. The
American Political Science Review, 82(2), 589–597. Retrieved from
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Communities: Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, with Harriet Pass Friedenrich, Baruch Hazzan, and Adina Weiss Liberies, 1984
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Political Studies Review. His books in the area of federalism include
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Boeckelman, K. (1991). Political culture and state development policy. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 21(2), 49–62. Retrieved from
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The Jewish Communities of Scandinavia: Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, with Adina Weiss Liberies and Simcha Werner, 1984
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Schechter, Stephen L. 1999. "In Memoriam: Daniel J. Elazar." Publius: The Journal of Federalism 29 (Autumn): 3–10.
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