POLS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Daniel J. Elazar, Big Government, Limited Government

• School: Texas A&M University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 207
• Professor: Jason Matthew Smith

Document Summary

I"m from texas: everything is big and better. Widely shared values beliefs and attitudes about how government and society should function. What role should gov play in society: political culture in us states according to daniel elazar. 3 diff types of political culture: moralistic: sees government as a good thing. Sees that government should help man search for the good society. Gov should be involved in eco to promote eco = and social issues to promote social = Starts in ne states and has spread across northern part of country (cali, Michigan : individualistic: stresses that government should act more like business in the marketplace (limited government) Supply and demand when gov only supplies itself when demanded. When people have a problem and gov could be helpful, it is called in for help. Government only supplies itself when people demand it. What texas wants: traditionalistic: system kind of like little boy network. Who you know more than what you know.