Promotion of Democratic Political Culture for The People

Abstract

Political culture is a pattern of political behavior of a person. Which comes from beliefs, values and political attitudes caused by the process of cultivating political training both directly and indirectly for a long time until making people in society have political awareness this will affect the political behavior of individuals in society. This article aimed to study the promotion of a democratic political culture of the people using the concept of political culture as a framework. The research uses a documentary research method to study and research related documents. And in-depth interviews with key informants such as academics on Buddhism, community leaders, academics in political science. And academics on democracy used to analyze content and write descriptive lectures. The results showed that.

               Promotion of people's democratic political culture consists of 1) building knowledge and understanding; It is to upgrading knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes to become knowledgeable, competent citizens, aware of their potential. including being a citizen mutual respect and the use of mindfulness in life; 2) creating participation by providing knowledge and information to make people change their thinking, way of thinking, and action, and to create awareness of what is a public matter or of the nation.

              The findings from this research will be useful in promoting the democratic political culture of the people by creating a learning process. Build understanding, thoughts, beliefs, attitudes, and correct political values and adhere to the principles of democracy.