Chapter 1

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Political perspective, ideology, & social attitude

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"Collective mindset", "worldview"

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Right

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Conservative

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Left

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Liberal

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Far right

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Reactionary

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Far left

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Radical

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Deny any set worldview

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Moderate

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Republican

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Conservative, right

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Democrat

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Liberal left

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Libs and cons share basic belief in...

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Maintaining society as it's currently structured

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Rads and reacts have major reservations about....

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The existing social arrangements

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Attitudes of change

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Most fundamental difference amongst political perspectives

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Resist change

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Cons

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Emphasize tradition

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Cons

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Encourage change

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Libs

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Change = progress, reform

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Libs

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Want BIG change

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Rads

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For fundamental alterations

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Rads

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Change has gone too far

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Reacts

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Want to "go back to how things were"

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Reacts

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Want more/better SWP's

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Libs

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Want traditional fixes

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Cons

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Suspicious of SWP's

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Cons

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SWP's don't do enough

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Rads

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Want SWP's completely eliminated

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Reacts

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Pessimistic view of human nature

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Cons

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People are corrupt, lazy, self-centered

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Cons

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"Welfare recipients are lazy"

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Thomas Sowell

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Optimistic view of human nature

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Libs

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People don't need to be controlled, need to be protected and given freedom

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Libs

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People have infinite possibilities for being good

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John Locke, liberal perspective

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People are born good

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Jean Jacques Rousseau & Abraham Maslow, liberal persp.

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People are basically good, hardwork = virtue

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Rads

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Punishment = logical solution

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Cons

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Important components : heredity, environment, & individual free will

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Views on individual behavior

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Individuals are autonomous, self-governing

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Cons

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People responsible for current behavior, despite their past

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Cons

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Individual behavior is a result of motivation (poverty = lack of motivation)

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Irving Kristol, cons persp.

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Don't deny free will but focus on environmental factors

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Libs/rads

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Individuals are programmed by early experiences

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Freud, lib/rad

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Programming happens throughout life

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Erickson, Glaser & Strauss, & Levinson... lib/rad persp.

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SWP's are result of laziness, irresponsibility, lack of self-control.

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Cons

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Changing environment is proper response to social welfare problems

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Libs

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In this area theory & practices are further apart for all groups

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Views of the family

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Traditional family, narrow definition

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Cons

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Oppose abortion

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Cons

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GWP's have weakened the family

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Cons

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Single mothers = poverty, no matter the education

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George Gilder

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View traditional family as oppressive

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Rads

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Support equal pay & rights

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Rads

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Does agree that strong family is essential

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Rads

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Difficulty harmonizing theory and practice in terms of views of the family

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Rads

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Family is an evolving institution

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Libs

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Functional persp., View of social system

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Cons

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Society analogous to biological organism

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Cons

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Social inequality = beneficial device for social structure

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Cons

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Have less faith that society will self-regulate w/o intervention

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Libs

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Society needs regulation

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Libs

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Follow analysis of Karl Marx

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Rads

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Social system = class hierarchy

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Rads

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Conflict perspective, View of social system

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Rads

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Fairness of social system.... inherently fair, change should happen slowly

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Cons

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Fairness of social system, potentially fair, but frequently unfair

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Libs

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Fairness of social system, fairness is unattainable

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Rads

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Need restructuring of existing institutions to redistribute wealth & power

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Rads

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Govt governs best that governs least

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Cons

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Govt should provide basics but not interfere

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Ginsberg, cons persp.

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Opposition= where we belong

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P.J. O'Rourke, cons persp.

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Govt activities = threat to individual liberties & functioning of free market

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Cons

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Libertarian tea party

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Reactionary

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The government, beyond bare minimum, = inherently evil

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Reacts

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Taxation = legal thievery

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Reacts

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Advocate abolition of tax-supported services

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Reacts

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Social/economic system imperfections can only be corrected by govt intervention

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Libs

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Need complete restricting of govt and economic system

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Rads

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Socialist party USA

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Rads

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Resist govt regulations

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Cons

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Freedom in 19th century resulted in poverty and crises

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Samuelson & Norhaus

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Free market economy = best way

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Cons

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Govt regs will lead to bigger govt, undesirable

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Cons

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Govt intervention that supports the free market = desirable

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Cons

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Govt must be involved in all areas of the economy

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John Maynard Keynes, lib persp.

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Prefer more public ownership of industry

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Rads

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Compassionate conservatism

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Bush, 2000, cons persp.

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Find voucher system appealing

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Cons

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Prefer GWP's to private programs

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Libs, good for the economy

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Study found both of these perceive govt as basically unfair

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Study by Sirgo & Wiseman, both libs and cons

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See govt as favoring economic elites

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Libs

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See govt as favoring minorities, black and poor

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Cons

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NORC

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National opinion research corporation

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GSS

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General social survey used by NORC since 1972

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GSS data collected includes (3)

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Demographics, behavioral data, & opinions on social, political, and personal issues

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Americans in general are mostly _____, in general more ______ than _______.

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Moderate, conservative, liberal

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More men are _____ than women

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Conservative

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POC are more _______ than whites

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Liberal

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Older people more _______ than younger

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Conservative

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Riche people are more ______ than the poor

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Conservative

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Increased education =

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Increased liberalism

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Ideologies are like a ....

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Pendulum

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NAS

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National Association of Scholars, cons group

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Core values of social work (6) (sicids)

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Service, importance of human relationships, competence, integrity, dignity & worth of the person, & social justice.