Deck 17: Political Culture

Question 1

As part of a broader process of human empowerment, _____________ values have been on the rise throughout post-industrial societies during the past decades

Answer 1

self-expression

Question 2

Whats the authors to their field of research.

Answer 2

a. Almond/Verba = Civic culture
b. Inglehart = Individual value orientation
c. Putnam = Social capital

Question 3

What did the research on protest politics find out?

A) That protest participants had higher levels of formal education, greater political skills, and felt more efficacious than non-participants.
B) That protest participants emphasized democratic norms less strongly, not more strongly, than non-participants.
C) That protest participants were in general less engaged and active than non-participants.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following authors has proposed the theory of declining social capital?

A) Robert Putnam
B) Samuel Huntington
C) Almond and Verba
D) Tocqueville

Question 5

Political culture is a ___________ property anchored in the political values, attitudes, and habits of individuals.

Question 6

Self-expression values make citizens:

A) More liberal
B) More religious
C) More apathic
D) More tolerant

Question 7

What is one of the causes of the erosion of the allegiance model of democratic citizenship?

A) The party-voter dealignment.
B) The rising levels of education.
C) The declining interest in politics.
D) Post-materialist values.

Question 8

Which of the following factors empirically correlate with the acceptance of homosexuality? Please select all that apply.

A) Gender equality orientation.
B) Secular orientation.
C) Age.
D) Education.

Question 9

Empowerment values have been rising in postindustrial democracies, ever since we measure these values