Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Primordial cultural arguments regarding democracy state that any culture could be compatible with democratic institutions.
2. One of the problems with the early forms of arguments about the cultural determinants of democracy is that they did not clearly specify what aspect of culture actually mattered for democracy to emerge or survive. Thus, their claims were not always presented in a falsifiable manner.
3. In Making Democracy Work and Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam highlights the importance of social capital when explaining why some democracies perform better than others. His argument supports the results of the experiments discussed in Chapter 7 that suggest that if we assume that democratic institutions tend to require a particular type of behavior, then individuals in societies whose interactions already require this behavior in everyday interactions will find it easier to adopt and support democracy.
4. According to the institutional story of modernization, cultural values are a consequence, not a cause, of democracy.
5. The results of the experiments discussed in Chapter 7 suggest that when confronted with new situations, people react based on how they would normally behave in an analogous situation in their everyday lives. This suggests that if we assume that democratic institutions tend to require a particular type of behavior (for instance, a combination of cooperation, competition, and compromise), then individuals in societies whose interactions already require this behavior in everyday interactions will find it easier to adopt and support democracy.
1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True
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