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The Idol Effect: How Culture Reinforces Voting Habits in Democracies

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An evolutionary byproduct of moving from the state of nature to civilization is the adaptation of culture as a means for survival. Animals are born with instincts that help them survive, yet all cousin species in hominoid development became extinct from an inability to form complex societies through the engrained social norms found in Homo sapien culture. Culture creates the norms of democracy and norms require habitual repetition in order to be passed on. Where this relates to democracy is that it may take time before an ...

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The Idol Effect: How Culture Reinforces Voting Habits in Democracies 2009, VDM Verlag, Saarbrucken

ISBN-13: 9783639120264

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