Mass political culture in Macau: Continuity and change

Political culture in this study is defined as citizens' subjective orientat ions toward politics. Based on two surveys of,Macau residents conducted in 1991 and 1999 respectively: this article compares citizen concerns about pu blic affairs, conceptions of democracy: orientation toward political partic ipation, and political efficacy in the two periods. The findings indicate t hat there are both continuity and change in Macau's political culture. As i n the early 1990s, the current political culture is a mixture of traditiona l Chinese values and Western democratic values. Yet the overall democratic consciousness of the populace has increased, with an emphasis on the value of elections. Macau is in a transition from subject to participant orientat ion.