POLI 2051 : POITICAL SCIENCE EXAM 2 DEFINITIONS
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Individual"s views about the fundamental nature of human beings, society, and economy; taken together, they comprise the political culture. Individual"s views and preferences about public policies, political parties, candidates, government institutions, and public officials. Political attitudes and core beliefs expressed by ordinary citizens as revealed by surveys. An interview study asking questions of a set of people who are chosen as representative of the whole population. The selection of survey respondents by chance, with equal probability of selection, to ensure their representativeness of the whole population. The process by which individuals come to have certain core beliefs and political attitudes. Those institutions and individuals that shape the core beliefs and attitudes of the people. The sense of belonging to one or another political party. People who identify with a party, vote in elections, and participate in additional party and party-candidate activities. A system of interrelated and coherently patterned beliefs and attitudes.
