POL SCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Nancy Pelosi, American'S Creed, American Exceptionalism
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3/23/2017 1:03:00 pm: american exceptionalism and political culture, sources of the american creed, one tradition or multiple traditions, political culture as an explanation. A lot on their plates: healthcare (vote today maybe, gorsuch nomination (democrats threatening filibuster, russia probe, all reveal the centrality of partisan polarization to contemporary. Core values ( american creed : liberalism, classical (not = nancy pelosi): limited government, individual rights, equality ( equal opportunity ; political equality, popular sovereignty, authority ultimately with the people, minority rights. Roots of american exceptionalism ( consensus school of american history: tocqueville, hartz, lipset, nation born in rebellion to authority, no feudalism (no peasants, no aristocrats, no tradition of deference or hierarchy, plentiful land, religious roots. Religiosity and american political culture: tocqueville: there is no country in the world where the christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in. America. : no establishment of religion: the success of a spiritual marketplace.
