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Implications of Political Culture in Understanding the Politics and Governing

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Political culture is a contentious and confusing concept in political science and a well-liked and alluring concept in the annals of politics and administration. Assumptions regarding the realm of politics comprise political culture. Political beliefs highlight particular aspects of behaviour, institutions, and events. They also establish the parameters of possibility, point out relevant issues, and specify individuals’ choices when making decisions. There is a connection between "political culture" and "politics and governing" that from prehistoric times one cannot run without the response of another. Every country in the world has its own political culture. What is the relationship between political culture and politics and the implications of political culture has been analysed in this research. This research has been conducted using secondary sources following content analysis and a sophisticated literature review. In this study, the role or relationship of different types of internal and external factors with political culture has been shown to understand politics and governing. At the end of this study, it has been concluded that political culture can never be separated from politics, and at the same time, there is no chance of ignoring one from the other. Both have equal and important roles in the decision-making process.

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