Abstract or Introduction
In this essay the mass beliefs and attitudes of the Norwegian society will be portrayed and
compared to the “democratic character” of people defined by political scientists.
Beforehand, a short description of the degree of democracy measured by the Freedom
House serves as an objective insight into the conditions of the country.
Lasswell (1951) developed several indicators which signalize a “democratic character”, such
as an open ego, a multi-valued character, confidence in human potentialities and, above all,
freedom from anxiety. According to Almond and Verba (1963), psychological orientations
towards the political system have a crucial impact in terms of stability of the state and its
political objects. Postmaterialist and self-expression values represent additional criteria for a
democratically mature society. All those will be taken briefly into consideration in order to
examine the main question that is tackled here: How “democratically compatible” is the
population of Norway?
- Quote paper
- Anonymous, 2007, Assessing Mass Beliefs and Level of Democracy in Norway, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/175313
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