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| A coherent way of thinking about how politics and government ought to be carried out. |
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| List five important elements in the American veiw of the political system |
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Liberty
Equality
Democracy
Civic duty
Individual responsibility |
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| A belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs. |
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| A belief that one can affect government policies. |
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| A belief that you are a member of an economic group whose intrests aer opposed to people in other such groups. |
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| A belief that mortality and religion ought to be of decisive importance. |
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| A belief that personal freedom and solving social problems are more important than religion. |
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| A belief that you can take part in politics (internal efficacy) or that the government will respond to the citizenery (external efficacy). |
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| The ability to understand and take part in politics. |
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| The willingness of the state to respond to the citizenry. |
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| What color are the democratic states? |
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| What color are the democratic states? |
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| What color are the democratic states? |
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| What color are the republican states? |
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| What did the U.S. democratic republic have that made it able to survive? |
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| Vast territory and fertile soil for roots to grow. |
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| What are 3 questions raised about political culture? |
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1. How do we know that all Americans share our beliefs?
2. If values are important to Americans how can we explain the existence in our society if behavior that is inconsistent with them?
3. If there is agreement among Americans on certain political values, why has there been so much political conflict in our history? |
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| What do American politics and American economy have in common? |
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| Americans believe in "equality of oppurtunity" but not _________? |
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| Between the U.S., France, and Germany which citizens feel the most patriotic. |
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| Since what decade has the sense of external efficacy dropped? |
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| de Tocqueville wrote a profound analysis of our political culture. True of false? |
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