Politics
Politics (from , meaning "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions that apply to members of a group.
Political culture
Political culture is defined by the "International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences" as the "set of attitudes, beliefs and sentiments that give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in the political system". It encompasses both the political ideals and operating norms of a polity. Political culture is thus the manifestation of the psychological and subjective dimensions of politics. A political "culture" is the product of both the history of a political system and the histories of the members. Thus, it is rooted equally in public events and private experience.