ple, many governments of the world are non-secular, such as Iran and Egypt. These country’s government and laws originated strongly from the Islamic roots of the people. Then one can note that most of these countries that are dominated by religion have weak economies and unstable regimes. Fundamentalist groups battling with socialist groups who battle with supporters of a democracy is what makes these countries what they are today. Another example of popular ideology of a country is Russia and the other remnants of the USSR. Most of the people that live in these countries today lived under the Communist regime for years as they group up under its influence. Now that the regime has fallen and democratic capitalism taken its place the countries are struggling among themselves and each other. The views on working and the role of government are still archaic with many of these people. They still expect a paycheck and a guaranteed job despite the quality of their work. They came from an era where there was little motivation to work. This helps cause a weakened economy as people are still adjusting to the new order. One major theory was Inglehart’s Post-Materialistic Theory. He says that as an advanced welfare emerges, then people become more liberal as conservative ideas of monetary gain take a backseat to ideas of autonomy and self-expression. The people hold values of well being, environmental quality, and free speech at a higher priority than ideals such as economic gain and material possessions. This kind of change would have a major effect on the government itself as policy would probably reflect personal liberty and environmental protection rather than policies leading to high material gain or a larger bureaucracy. As seen there is a very important relationship between the political culture of countries and comparing the governments of different countries. The reason being that the culture of the citizens of a country ...
