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| the array of beliefs and attitueds that people hold about political and related topics |
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| the processby which citizens acquire politically relevant knowledge, beliesfs, attitudes, and patterns of behavior |
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| a "teacher" in the process of political socialization, for example, the family, the school, a peer group, or the mass media |
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| A person's sense of being able to accomplish something politically, an importnat determinant of political participation |
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| a motivating factor felt by some citizens, to get involved in politics |
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| a form of political protest in which advocates of a cause deliberately break a law as a means of asserting its illegitimacy or drawing attention to their cause |
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| A form of civil disobedience in which protesters do not actively oppose government attempts to control them, but rather refuse to cooperate by doing nothing Ex: by going limp when olice try to pick them up or insisting on being carried to a police van rather than walking |
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| a perspective that looks at politics as a system in which individuals and organizations pursue their self-interests, definedin terms of costs and to do those things that give them the greatets benefit at the least cost |
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