POLI 2030 Study Guide - People For The American Way, Youth Vote In The United States, Greatest Generation
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Norms of knowledge: the proscriptive norm is that we ought to know basic political facts or at least be embarrassed if we do not, leno"s interviewees act sheepish, laugh nervously, the descriptive norm is that many people don"t know much, many of the papers stated that keeping informed is important, while admitting that you are not informed. Necessary: literacy, whether you"re eligible, how to register, where the poll is, when the election is, how to fill out the ballot or operate the machine. While participation is declined, knowledge has stayed level: knowledge may help us participate, but , the decline in engagement isn"t due to a decline in knowledge, we"re about as ignorant as we"ve been since wwii, despite more education, despite increased suffrage, despite increased wealth, despite the internet. Just what knowledge ought people to possess: each of us would come up with a different list, scholars have attempted to categorize types, process or structural, civics, people, issues, parties.