[POL S 101] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 23 pages long Study Guide!

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The degree to which members identify with a group and by extension identify those who do not belong to the group. Thought process is different as individual vs groups. Contest: who can build a better prison. The panopticon: prison where prisoners can"t see guard but guard can see them. Groups that tend to organize around people with roughly similar political aims and opinions to elect candidates to public office. Try to influence people who are already in office. Theory based on cleavages, divisions within society that can lead to at least a degree of polarization between groups. Central government (political elites) vs everybody else. Center has all the power, periphery has no power to do anything. Rich owners vs workers, poorer, unfairly treated. Materialist values: jobs, food, clothing, shelter (objects) Postmaterialism values: justice, peace, environmental health (ideas) Europe: political parties are the primary link between the people and their government. Framers allowed for parties to form despite distrust.