Political Culture
The collective values, beliefs, attitudes of the citizenry and the norms of behavior in a political system.
What is political culture?
Democratic regimes offer a greater amount of freedom to this than authoritarian regimes allowing for greater transparency and accountability.
What is media? (or press)
Comprises the range of voluntary associations that are autonomous from the state.
What is civil society?
Internal divisions that structure societies based on religion, region, ethnicity, or class.
What is a social or political cleavage?
Voting, protests, & running for office are all examples of this.
What is political participation?
Lifelong process by which one acquires beliefs, values regarding political systems.
What is political socialization?
This country's use of the Great Firewall limits political criticism.
What is China?
This is the most important civil liberty to protect the existence and strength of civil society groups within a country.
What is freedom of assembly?
The majority ethnic group in China.
What is the Han?
Many agents of socialization (family, school, peers, media and government) are similar across regime types, but this type of regime is much more involved in political socialization.
What are authoritarian regimes?
Belief in limited governmental intervention in the economy and society; supports privatization, free trade, deregulation, and the elimination of state subsidies.
What is neoliberalism?
This country's court system has been able to stifle material or information that is detrimental to the national interest or anti-religious.
What is Iran?
Civil society groups that provide services that the government also provide.
What are non-governmental organizations? (NGOs)
State responses to cleavages can range from [ ] to [ ] to []
What is brute repression, recognition/representation of minorities and creation of autonomous regions?
Name one factor that influences political culture.
What is geography, religion, tradition or history?
Extreme nationalist ideology that supports authoritarian rule and the rights of ethnic majority over that of minorities and political opposition.
What is fascism?
This country has successfully stifled opposition news by nationalizing most broadcast media.
What is Russia?
A pluralistic civil society is most likely to exist here.
What are in Democratic regimes?
Ethnic cleavage in Mexico.
What are the indigenous vs. mestizos/whites?
Name one way democratic regimes restrict political participation and why.
Social valuing of self-expression and quality of life.
What is post-materialism?
This country is regarded as having the one of the most free presses in the world.
What is the United Kingdom?
Some political scientists trace Mexico's democratization to the role of civil society groups in the aftermath of this.
What did this event cause the administration to lose?
What is the 1985 Earthquake? What is legitimacy?
Society split into many different groups that may conflict on one issue but cooperate on another.
What are cross-cutting cleavages?
Beliefs about social and economic equality can be held by citizens in all regimes types. But they differ based on..
What is the amount of enforcement responsibility by the state and amount of choice afforded to citizens?