PLS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Individualism
4 Jun 2018
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American Political Culture Video
● Democracy is sustained by culture.
● Ideology vs Political Culture
○ Ideology
■ What our government should be doing.
○ Political Culture
■ How political and economic life should be lived.
● Components to our political culture.
○ Liberty
○ Democracy
○ Individualism
○ Civic Duty
○ Self Reliance
● Root of our culture is found in our solidarity.
● MOST IMPORTANT!
○ Efficacy
■ Internal - We understand what the government is doing. Stable.
■ External - We think the government understands us by being
responsive to our needs. Decline.
● Orthodox
○ Morality is more important than self expression.
● Progressive
○ Personal freedom is more important than traditional moral rules.
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