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Chapter 4 government
American Political Culture
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| political culture | distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out |
| americanism | Americans have common values |
| political subcultures | regions, religions, ethnic groups |
| political ideology | views the government policies should strive for |
| civic duty | belief one has obligation to participate in civic and political affairs |
| civic competence | belief that one can affect government policies |
| class consciousness | seeing self of worker whose interests are opposite of management's and vice versa |
| orthodox | morality is atleast as important as self-expression, morals come from commands of God and laws of nature |
| progressive | personal freedom is atleast as important as traditional moral rules, those rules must be evaluated in relationship to the modern world |
| political efficacy | people's ability to understand and influence political events |
| internal efficacy | capacity to understand and participate in politics |
| external efficacy | capacity to make system respond to citizenry |
| alexis de toqueville |