POLITICAL CULTURE AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESS THEORIES

Running Head : Political Culture

Political Culture and Decision-Making Process Theories

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Political Culture and Decision-Making Process Theories

One of the modern theories on political culture is related to the writings of Francis Fukuyama . The question is that : what are the major factors leading to the end of history ' according to Fukuyama ? There are two major factors that may lead to the end of history as explained by Fukuyama and these are legacy of history and habits of trust Fukuyama wrote

that history cannot continue within history itself (Talbot , 2009 ,

. 1 . Fukuyama stressed out in his work End of History ' that America is a rich and powerful country yet stained with enormous inequality (Talbot , 2009 ,

. 1 . He also gave a bold approval that back poverty is an onslaught to a past history of racism and slavery . Hence , massive inequality today is a result of historical odds and ends . Fukuyama simply explained that present poverty problems and even recession is due to past legacy on discrimination

Fukuyama also believed that when ideas become property of the masses then it could make people die for it . The ideology or ideas held by some people as important could be a material force that would move them to alter their lives and the lives of others . Fukuyama gave an example relating the 1981 Hunger Strike in north East Ireland (Talbot , 2009 ,

br 1 . The end of history then begins in the proliferation of ideas shared by...