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15 Cards in this Set
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What is political culture?
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A distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life ought to be carried out.
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What are five important elements in the American view of the political system?
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Liberty, Equality, Democracy, Civic Duty, and Individual Responsibility.
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What is civic duty?
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A belief that one has an obligation to participate in civic and political affairs.
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What is civic competence?
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A belief that one can affect government policies.
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What is America more inclined to favor, equality of results or equality of opportunity?
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Equality of opportunity, the Swedes believe in equality of results.
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What are Americans more likely to think in regards to the economic system when compared to other countries?
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They are more likely to think that freedom is more important than equality; less likely to think that hard work goes unrewarded or that the government should guaruntee citizens a basic standard of living.
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What is the Protestant ethic or work ethic?
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Work, save money, obery the secular law, and do good works.
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Who explained the rise of capitalism in what he called the "protestant ethic"?
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Max Weber.
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What is class consciousness?
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Thinking of oneself as a worker whose interests are in pooposition to those of management, or vice versa.
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What class do most Americans consider think of themselves as?
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A part of the "middle class".
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What do orthodox people believe?
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They believe that morality is as important, or more important than, self-expression.
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What do progressive people believe?
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They believe that personal freedom is as important, or more important than, certain traditional moral rules.
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What is political efficacy?
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A citizen's capacity to understand and influence political events.
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What is internal efficacy?
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The ability to understand and take part in political affairs.
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What is external efficacy?
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The ability to make the system respond to the citizenry.
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