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GovtCh3&4
Political Culture
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| political culture | its citizens orientations at three levels: the political system, the political and policymaking process, and policy outputs and outcomes. |
| legitimacy | basis for a stable political system; depends on their selection by voters in competitive elections and on the governments following constitutional procedures |
| modernization | has powerful effects as it penetrates societies; has spread unevenly across the globe |
| political subcultures | when a country is deeply divided in its political values and these differences persist over time |
| political socialization | refers to the way in which political values are formed and political culture is transmitted from one generation to the next |
| direct socialization | involves an actor explicitly communicating information, values, or feelings toward politics |
| indirect socialization | occurs when political views are inadvertently molded by our experiences. |
| agents of political socialization | individuals, organizations, and institutions that influence political attitudes |
| democratization | trend that reflects long-term responses to modernity as well as immediate reactions to current events |
| marketization | an increased public acceptance of free markets and private profit incentives, rather than a government-managed economy |
| globalization | another trend affecting political cultures of many nations; increasing international trade and international interactions tend to diffuse the values of the overall international system |
| interest articulation | people and social groups have some way to express their needs and demands to their government in almost every political system |
| protests | forms of contentious action of their opinion and thoughts |
| anomic groups | suddenly form when many individuals react to an event that stimulates frustration, disappointment, or other strong emotions |
| nonassociational groups | rarely are well-organized, and their activity is episodic. based on common interests and identities of ethnicity, region, religion, occupation, or perhaps kinship |
| collective action problem | members share a common problem; none will undertake the effort to organize other members because the individual costs outweigh the individual benefits |
| institutional groups | formal organizations that have other political or social functions in addition to interest articulation |
| associational groups | formed explicitly to represent the interests of a particular group, such as trade unions, chambers of commerce |
| civil society | in which people are involved in social and political interactions free of state control or regulation |
| pluralist interest-group systems | multiple groups may represent a single societal interest; group membership is voluntary and limited; groups often have a loose or decentralized organizational structure; there is a clear separation between interest groups and the government |
| neo-corporatist interest-group systems | a single peak association normally represents each societal interest; peak associations are centrally organized and direct the actions of their members; groups are often systematically involved in making and implementing policy |
| controlled interest-group systems | single group for each social sector; compulsory membership; normally hierarchically organized; controlled by govt or its agents in order to mobilize support for government policy |
| channels of political access | interest groups must reach key policymakers; groups may express their members interests yet fail to have an impact on policymakers |
| mass media | TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines, are another important access channel in democratic societies |
| political terror tactics | including deliberate assassination, armed attacks on other groups or government officials, and mass bloodshed |
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