A study in educational development and civic pride in the city of Worcester during the 19th century

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" A study in educational development and civic pride in the city of Worcester during the 19th century "
Fletcher, John

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	1097342
Doc. No	:	TLets509130
Main Entry	:	Fletcher, John
Title & Author	:	A study in educational development and civic pride in the city of Worcester during the 19th century\ Fletcher, John
College	:	University of Bristol
Date	:	1979
student score	:	1979
Degree	:	Ed.D.
Abstract	:	Perhaps the most wide-ranging research into thepolitical culture of democracy was that undertaken byAlmond and Verba, and published in 1963.Predominant among its themes were a concern with civic virtue andits consequences for democratic states, and an attemptto identify the kind of community life, social organisationand child development that fosters this civicvirtue. These themes were explored by means of surveyresearch.Almond and Verba saw the development of civic culturein Britain as a product of a series of encountersbetween modernization and traditionalism - encounterswhich were fierce enough to effect major change, butnot so severe as to create disintegration or polarisation.Britain's ability to tolerate a greater measureof aristocratic, corporate and local autonomy than couldcontemporary continental states was attributed in partto its insular security and aristocracy in trade and commerce played theirparts.In consequence, Britain entered the IndustrialRevolution with a political culture among itselite which allowed rapid, substantial changes insocial structure to be assimilated during the 18thand 19th Centuries, without severe repercussions.Aristocratic Whigs allied with nonconformist industialistsand merchants to establish the principles ofparliamentary supremacy and representation.But the toleration of religiousdiversity which was distantly anticipated by thebreak with Rome, and the emergence of a self-confidentmerchant class, together with the involvement of court
Added Entry	:	University of Bristol