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Unit 2: Chapter 4 POLITICAL CULTURE

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Unit 2: Chapter 4POLITICAL CULTURE

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Patterned way of thinking about how political and economic life should be carried out

Shared beliefs and values among a society

What are the 2 established/distinction groups in views and/or way of thinking about these two things in our current political culture?

POLITICAL CULTURE

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5 Elements in American Political System View

A. Liberty: rights, free will as long as no harm to others is done B. Equality: equal vote and equal chance to participate and succeedC. Democracy: officials accountable to the peopleD. Civic Duty : citizens take community serious and participateE. Individual Responsibility : individuals are responsible for their own actions and well being

RANK THESE IN ORDER FROM #1 to #5(#1 most important, #5 least important)

THE POLITICAL SYSTEM

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#1

* Do you think American people share these beliefs?

WHY? WHY NOT?

* How do we know American people share these beliefs?

* What advantage have we had in more recent history that may give answers to this question?

POLITICAL QUESTIONS

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#2 – IF these values are important to Americans…

* What incidents in our history are inconsistent with these values?

* Why has there been/is there behavior in our society that goes against these basic values?

POLITICAL QUESTIONS

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#3 – IF there is an agreement among Americans on certain political values….

* What incidents in our history show political conflict?

* Why has there been so much political conflict in our history?

POLITICAL QUESTIONS

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Abortion

Religion

Immigration

Affirmative Action

Source of competing opinions/political conflict?* AGE & EDUCATION

Although conflict exists and affects every American, there is still an underlying level of AGREEMENT in the 5 elements

POLITICAL CONFLICT

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Article #1 – “Just not the Marrying Kind”

- Read through and highlight interesting information and/or claims (WHAT is the article about?)

- What “groups/types” of Americans are being discussed in the article?

- HOW does this article relate to the 2 concepts involved in political culture?

- What factor does the article mention as a MAIN contributor to the decline of marriages?

- Do you agree that our largest national crisis is the decline of marriage?

TIME ARTICLE

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Why do you think the results differ among these groups?

COMPARATIVE POLITICAL CULTURE

GROUP How Strongly do you love America?

White 91%Black 80%Hispanic 91%

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America v. European Democracies

SIMILARITIES• democracy = good• majority rule• Respect minority rights

DIFFERENCES• America = 50%+ less in favor of it being the

government’s role to take care of the very poor• America = 60% in favor of the government NOT

guaranteeing every citizen food and basic shelter

COMPARATIVE POLITICAL CULTURE

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Americans believe in _________________ equality, but do not believe in ________________ equality

What conclusions can you make from this graph data?

DEMOCRACY Pride Success

determined by outside control

Teach value of work

God and Morality

USA 71% 32% 60% 58%Canada 66 35 51 30Britain 45 48 38 25France 38 54 50 13Germany

21 68 22 33

Italy 38 66 NA 27

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What is political tolerance?

Most Americans believe serious civic problems are caused by a lack of moral values

Is the nation becoming too tolerant of behaviors that harm society?

Should we defend common moral standards over protecting individual rights?

POLITICAL TOLERANCE

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Religion

Family

Culture war & culture classes (orthodox and progressive)

Current social issues

SOURCES OF POLITICAL CULTURE

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TIME article – read and highlight information that relates to political culture

In pairs, develop 2 compelling questions that challenges the information stated in the article

DISCUSSION

AMERICAN MOBILITY