What is the importance of political socialization for the political system?
David Easton says that political socialization creates a reservoir of support for political system. He further adds that political system is a set of human interactions in which authoritative allocation of values take place. In political system we have input, output, adaptation, and maintenance. Political socialization is the adaptation and maintenance function of political system. Political socialization is interested in maintaining the status quo. The whole exercise of political socialization is to exercise order and stability, and normally political socialization is a pro-stable process. Citizens are trained to believe that political system is good and responsive. Reservoir of support ensures non-active and supportive citizens. Political socialization brings changes in public opinion. It helps in the creation of political culture and modifies that to the changing needs. What is the relationship between political culture & political socialization? Both are closely linked and connecte
