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3 General Qualities of Political Culture
Awareness of rules, acceptance of political system, expectation of a certain behavior within the system
Politics of Culture
The accumulation of beliefs, expectations, and attitudes that are found in all ways of politics
Political Customs
Accepted practices that are recognized as part of the system, and reinforced through legal action
Political beliefs
Deeply held convictions about political reality
Political Symbols
Entities that represent something else
Political Values
What they feel is correct/incorrect
Political Attitudes
Learned predispositions that relate to issues/events
Customs made legitimate by long continuing practice
Political Traditions
Government
A developed poltiical elitism by detailing legal codes to keep control
1 Ruler
Ideal = kingship
Degenerate = Tyranny
A Few Rules
Ideal =Aristocracy
Degenerate = Oligarchy
Majority
Ideal= Polity
Degenerate = Democracy
Aristotle's Democracy
Rule of many was good as long as its' lawful, pursued common good, respected those who disagreed
Guardians
Consists of rulers & non rulers. Rulers =Polity Makers Non Rulers = Civil Servants
Auxiliaries
Soldiers
Machiavelli
Political behavior should be separated from the ideals. Criteria for behavior is not political success. Human beings are fickle. Be feared, not hated.
Continualismo
A strategy to keep an executive in power by changing the constitution
Imposition
Tamperng wiht the lection. e.g. Rigging, banning, media control
Thomas Hobbes
Human life is nasty, brutish, short. Law must be enforced harshly.
John Locke
Humans are reasonable and know right from wrong. Humans are born with certain rights. SOcial contract can be broken. Authority must be in a constitution
JJ Rousseau
Blamed treatment of individuals by the rich. Humans are innocent by nature but society corrupts them. Majority may be corrupt