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Moralistic Political Culture
one of the political cultures (pages 81-89 in Fowler) and develop a 150-200 word position statement suggesting how organizational leaders should work within it.
Moralistic Political Culture
The moralistic political culture is dominant in New England and in areas where New Englanders settled originally. It is also dominant in areas that received large numbers of Scandinavian immigrants in the nineteenth century, such as Minnesota and Wisconsin. Members of this culture believe politics is (or should be) “one of the great activities of man in his search for the good society” and “a public service” (Elazar, 2003, p. 262). People in a moralistic political culture favor an activist government that initiates new programs when necessary. They also believe participation in politics should be as widespread as possible; the New England town meeting is typical of the participative institutions this culture tends to produce. Ideas and issues are important in this culture, and its members often debate them with great intensity. Unlike representatives of the other two cultures, members of the moralistic culture view government bureaucracies and civil service systems positively because they believe that they encourage the fair and impartial implementation of government policies. Clean government is of great importance in this culture, and political corruption is seen as a shocking betrayal of public trust.
Historically, the moralistic political culture has been the source of most of the “clean government reforms” in U.S. society, such as laws requiring the publication of campaign finance records or forbidding nepotism (the hiring of relatives in government jobs). The moralistic belief in widespread political participation has also had a positive impact on U.S. government, leading to such institutions as citizens’s advisory councils and public debates of important issues. Sometimes, however, members of the moralistic political culture become overly rigid in their beliefs or veer toward fanaticism. Representatives of the other two cultures often perceive them as too idealistic and out of touch with the realities of practical politics (Elazar, 2003).
