In The Civic Culture, Almond and Verba suggest democratic stability does not require that all citizens be extremely well informed and active in politics. In fact, it is helpful for stability to have a...

In The Civic Culture, Almond and Verba suggest democratic stability does not require that all citizens be extremely well informed and active in politics. In fact, it is helpful for stability to have a mix of participants, subjects, and parochial. On the other hand, Inglehart and Welzel argue that high levels of self-expression values are essential for healthy democracy. Which set of authors do you believe has a better case and why?