... is the set of attitudes, beliefs, and sentiments which give order and meaning to a political process and which provide the underlying assumptions and rules that govern behavior in a political system.
 

... is the product of both the collective history of a political system and the life histories of the members of that system, and thus is rooted equally in public events and private experiences.
 

... is the ties that bind a people together as well as the points of conflict that drive them apart.