This paper aims to review the literature on
political culture per se and on political
culture in Indonesia. Since its appearance,
through paying more attention to the
subjective aspect of politics in the
classical studies of politics, the study of
political culture has stimulated debates
among political scientists. 1
The level of
interest in political culture, however, has
been uneven. While, in the 1960s, studies
of political culture were fairly common
among political scholars, in the 1970s,
many turned to structural perspectives to
explain political phenomena after
considering that the cultural perspective
could not provide satisfactory
explanations. However, since the lat e
1980s, the cultural perspective has once
again gained more attention. To begin,
then, reviews this paper demonstrating the
dynamics of political culture theory,
including some critiques of this theory.
This is followed by a survey of the study
of political culture in Indonesia.