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?
Despite formal protections in their Constitution, this country’s "competitive authoritarian" regime maintains power by nationalizing broadcast media and labeling independent NGOs as "foreign agents" to restrict dissent.
What is Russia?
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?
This terrorist organization in Nigeria is reflective of the religious cleavage between Northern Muslims and Southern Christians.
What is Boko Haram?
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?
While the 1993 Constitution officially guarantees freedoms of speech and assembly, Russia is often classified by political scientists as THIS TYPE of regime because it maintains the "procedural" mechanics of democracy—like elections—while systematically restricting civil liberties and silencing political opposition.
an illiberal/Hybrid democracy?
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 [] (Think words starting with R!)
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 broadcast media.
What is Russia or China?
A pluralistic civil society is most likely to exist here.
What are in Democratic regimes?
This demographic divide—historically rooted in the collapse of the USSR and the subsequent rise of the Oligarchs—separates the wealthy elite in urban centers like Moscow from the impoverished populations in rural provinces.
What is the urban-rural (or socioeconomic) cleavage?
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?
Often referred to as "GONGOs," these state-sponsored organizations are created by the Kremlin to mimic independent groups, effectively crowding out genuine grassroots activism and centralizing social control.
What are Government-Organized Non-Governmental Organizations?
This predominantly Muslim republic in the North Caucasus has been the site of two secessionist wars since 1991, resulting in a regional government that enjoys significant autonomy and federal subsidies in exchange for loyalty to the Kremlin.
What is Chechnya?
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?