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The almost fifty-four years that separate the harangue from Haya de la Torre in the Plaza de Acho from the meeting with which Alan García closes his campaign on the Paseo de la República - prolonged by successive presidential "balconazos" - would illustrate with ease how certain features of the Subaltern cultures endure in spite of the obvious and important differences of characterization that throughout this long period we find in Peruvian society. However, that smell of crowds is inseparable from the way in which the masses construct the real through the means of communication; the field of view of political science should be extended to the study of mass culture to grasp the permanent and the changing in a broader dimension. In this essay a theoretical reflection on the subject is outlined. ; Los casi cincuentaicuatro años que separan la arenga de Haya de la Torre en la Plaza de Acho del mitin con que Alan García cierra su campaña en el Paseo de la República -prolongado por sucesivos "balconazos" presidenciales- ilustrarían con facilidad cómo ciertos rasgos de las culturas subalternas perduran a pesar de las obvias e importantes diferencias de caracterización que a lo largo de ese extenso periodo encontramos en la sociedad peruana. No obstante, ese olor de multitudes es indisociable del modo en que las masas construyen lo real a través de los medios de comunicación; el campo de mirada de las ciencias políticas debe extenderse al estudio de la cultura de masas para asir lo permanente y lo cambiante en una dimensión más amplia. En este ensayo se esboza una reflexión teórica sobre el tema.

Described is research investigating level of political knowledge among 600 pupils aged 18 (last-year secondary school) in Belgium & the variables that may cause differential levels. Results show that the average level of political knowledge is low. The most significant independent variables are: sex (boys score better than girls), political participation of the parents, mass media, & (in a negative way) school. Mass media are most frequently mentioned as the most important sources of political information, & Rs with a high level of news media exposure score best. Political education at school is shown to have low impact; on the contrary, Rs who mentioned school as their most important source of political information tended to score worst. 29 Tables, 1 Figure. HA

The politicization of Belgian political parties since WWII has resulted in what is termed a "particracy," ie, a parliamentary democracy wherein party structures dominate the political decision-making process. The gradual institutionalization of party patronage within the parliament, ministerial cabinets, public administration, the judiciary, & mass media is discussed, examining mechanisms of recruitment & policy articulation. The process of within-party candidate selection is also considered, focusing on the shift away from rank-&-file participation toward central decisions by local & national party leaders, with a concomitant restructuring of "party discipline." Historical bases of the current patronage system are briefly considered, noting the prewar politicization of magisterial posts & the shift from reliance on party newspapers to party control of broadcast media administrators. Modified HA.

Artículo publicado en Best's Review: World Insurance Forum, agosto de 1981, p. 53 ; Althougt my reports mainly refer to insurance activities, it is sometimes impossible to avoid mentioning politics. The mass media enable our "putsch" of february 23 to be followed by millions of people aroung the world, who were better informed than myself. I was working about 400 meters from the scene of the attempted coup, and althought I heard the sirens of the police cars, I continued working in my office for another three hours. When I finish, I took a taxi in an apparently quiet and normal town in which the traffic was not very different from any other day