This is the number one influence on our political identity.
What is the family?
100
This is Robert Putnam's metaphor for the loss of social capital.
What is bowling alone?
100
This is the set of basic values and beliefs about how political and economic life ought to be carried out.
What is political culture?
100
This is the fastest-growing ethnic minority in America.
What is Hispanics?
100
我的狗最喜欢咀嚼什么物品？
What is my headphones?
200
This is the collection of private, voluntary groups that make human cooperation easier and allow us to hold gov't accountable.
What is "civil society"?
200
Why, for Putnam, is a decline in membership in voluntary organizations a problem?
What is because it diminishes the amount of "social capital" that we have?
200
This is the sense that you understand and can influence public policy.
What is political efficacy?
200
This describes (a) the party supported by a majority of Southerners and (b) some of the reasons why.
What is (a) the Republican party, and (b) Southerners tend to be more religious, in favor of smaller government, stronger defense, etc.?
200
This is one of the 3 reasons given in your book for why unpopular groups survive in America.
What is (a) most people who dislike the group don't act, (b) we can't agree most of the time on which group should be denied its rights, and (c) courts protect minorities from the tyranny of the majority?
300
This is the one institution that people trust more now than they did 40 years ago.
What is the military?
300
This is what Putnam means when he talks about "social capital."
What is social networks have value? It includes the democratic and civic habits of discussion, compromise, and respect for differences, which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations.
300
This is a difference between orthodox and progressive views.
What is orthodox views emphasize morality, clear rules while progressives emphasize personal freedom and social problems; rules applied based on circumstances?
300
This describes (a) the party supported by a majority of people on the West Coast and (b) some of the reasons why.
What is (a) the Democratic party and (b) because there are more urban dwellers there, more minorities, more support for environmental and consumer protection issues (and therefore more active gov't), etc.?
300
什么是最好的早餐麦片？
What is anything with raisins?
400
This is what is meant by "the rule of law."
What is no one is above the law?
400
For de Tocqueville, ____ is the road to knowledge.
What is religion?
400
This is what the culture war (if it exists) is about.
What is the kind of country we ought to live in?
400
In addition to religion's religious teachings and tradition of doing good deeds, these are the other two ways we discussed in class how churches influence political culture.
What is lots of religious diversity and a participatory culture?
400
True or false: Americans have a high degree of class consciousness.
What is false? (From your book: this is due to "the combined effect of religious and ethnic diversity, an individualistic philosophy, fragmented political authority, and the relatively egalitarian American family.")
500
These are the 4 possible shifts in American culture that we discussed in class.
What are a shift (1) from a commitment to capitalism to more promotion of the general welfare; (2) from more trust in gov't to less; (3) from a strong sense of political efficacy to a weaker one; and (4) from a more unified view of the right answer on social issues to culture wars?
500
These are 4 of the factors identified by de Tocqueville that have contributed to a successful democracy in America.
What are (1) fertile and abundant land, (2) lots of ways to make a living, (3) no aristocracy, and (4) an independent, "can do" spirit
500
This is why the American gov't behaves differently than gov't in other countries.
What is the American political culture has imbued it with more tolerance and a greater respect for orderly procedures and personal rights than is found elsewhere? We don't have military coups.
500
These are 5 of the 6 important elements to the American political culture we discussed in class.
What are liberty, equality, democracy, civic duty, individual responsibility, and respect for the rule of law?
500
These are two of the three points of distinction we discussed in class between our political culture and that of other countries.
What are (a) we have a higher sense of political efficacy, (b) religion plays a bigger role in our politics, and (c) we distinguish the officeholder from the office?