PSCI 1040- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 51 pages long!)
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It can be language, religion, ethnicity, a strong common history, or something else. For the united states, it is a set of common values that almost all americans embrace. (where do these values come from?: key point #3, we are heirs to a political and economic philosophy called liberalism. Liberalism is a philosophy that developed in europe hundreds of years ago. It was secular, optimistic, economic, and based on freedom. Influences: rise of the middle class, development of capitalism, scientific revolution, decline of religion and development of humanism: liberalism includes liberals, conservatives, and moderates. American government: roots, context, and culture: key point #4, the values we cherish as americans flow from liberalism, key point #5, we turn these values into political ideologies. We differ as to what government should do. Over time, positions are developed: conservatives believe in narrower scope while liberals believe in broader scope.
