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Public opinion - political culture. Unit 2: Chapter 4. Political Culture. Patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life should be carried out - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Unit 2: Chapter 4POLITICAL CULTURE
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Patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life should be carried out
Shared beliefs and values among a society
What are the 2 established/distinction groups in views and/or way of thinking about these two things in our current political culture?
POLITICAL CULTURE
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5 Elements in American Political System View
A. Liberty: rights, free will as long as no harm to others is done B. Equality: equal vote and equal chance to participate and succeedC. Democracy: officials accountable to the peopleD. Civic Duty : citizens take community serious and participateE. Individual Responsibility : individuals are responsible for their own actions and well being
RANK THESE IN ORDER FROM #1 to #5(#1 most important, #5 least important)
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM
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#1
* Do you think American people share these beliefs?
WHY? WHY NOT?
* How do we know American people share these beliefs?
* What advantage have we had in more recent history that may give answers to this question?
POLITICAL QUESTIONS
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#2 – IF these values are important to Americans…
* What incidents in our history are inconsistent with these values?
* Why has there been/is there behavior in our society that goes against these basic values?
POLITICAL QUESTIONS
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#3 – IF there is an agreement among Americans on certain political values….
* What incidents in our history show political conflict?
* Why has there been so much political conflict in our history?
POLITICAL QUESTIONS
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Abortion
Religion
Immigration
Affirmative Action
Source of competing opinions/political conflict?* AGE & EDUCATION
Although conflict exists and affects every American, there is still an underlying level of AGREEMENT in the 5 elements
POLITICAL CONFLICT
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Article #1 – “Just not the Marrying Kind”
- Read through and highlight interesting information and/or claims (WHAT is the article about?)
- What “groups/types” of Americans are being discussed in the article?
- HOW does this article relate to the 2 concepts involved in political culture?
- What factor does the article mention as a MAIN contributor to the decline of marriages?
- Do you agree that our largest national crisis is the decline of marriage?
TIME ARTICLE
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Why do you think the results differ among these groups?
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL CULTURE
GROUP How Strongly do you love America?
White 91%Black 80%Hispanic 91%
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America v. European Democracies
SIMILARITIES• democracy = good• majority rule• Respect minority rights
DIFFERENCES• America = 50%+ less in favor of it being the
government’s role to take care of the very poor• America = 60% in favor of the government NOT
guaranteeing every citizen food and basic shelter
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL CULTURE
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Americans believe in _________________ equality, but do not believe in ________________ equality
What conclusions can you make from this graph data?
DEMOCRACY Pride Success
determined by outside control
Teach value of work
God and Morality
USA 71% 32% 60% 58%Canada 66 35 51 30Britain 45 48 38 25France 38 54 50 13Germany
21 68 22 33
Italy 38 66 NA 27
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What is political tolerance?
Most Americans believe serious civic problems are caused by a lack of moral values
Is the nation becoming too tolerant of behaviors that harm society?
Should we defend common moral standards over protecting individual rights?
POLITICAL TOLERANCE
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Religion
Family
Culture war & culture classes (orthodox and progressive)
Current social issues
SOURCES OF POLITICAL CULTURE
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TIME article – read and highlight information that relates to political culture
In pairs, develop 2 compelling questions that challenges the information stated in the article
DISCUSSION
AMERICAN MOBILITY