BFA St. Albans set
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| 230040935 | Almond and Verba | Conducted a famous cross-national study of political participation. | |
| 230040936 | Americanism | A persistent word in our vocabulary that indicates Americans are bound by common values and hopes. | |
| 230040937 | Civic Competence | The condition of being relatively free of governmental restraints. | |
| 230040938 | Civic Duty | The feeling that one ought to do one's share in community affairs, irrespective of concrete rewards. | |
| 230040939 | Class Consciousness | The awareness of belonging to a particular socioeconomic group whose interests are different from those of others. | |
| 230040940 | Congregational | A kind of church in which members control activities, whether erecting a building, hiring a preacher, or managing its finances. | |
| 230040941 | Erik Erikson | Psychologist who noted distinct traits of American and European families. | |
| 230040942 | Equal Opportunity | The condition in which people, although not guaranteed equal rewards, expect to have comparable chances to compete for those rewards. | |
| 230040943 | External Efficacy | The belief that the system will respond to what citizens do. | |
| 230040944 | Individualism | The inclination to believe that one's efforts and rewards in life are to be conducted and enjoyed by oneself, apart from larger social groupings. | |
| 230040945 | Internal Efficacy | The confidence in one's own ability to understand and take part in political affairs. | |
| 230040946 | Liberty | The condition of being relatively free of governmental restraints. | |
| 230040947 | Gunnar Myrdal | Individual who described race relations as "an American dilemma" resulting from a conflict between the "American creed" and "American behavior". | |
| 230040948 | Opposition Party | A political party that opposes the majority party but within the context of the legal rules of the game. | |
| 230040949 | Orthodox (social) | People who believe that moral rules are derived from God, are unchanging, and are more important than individual choice. | |
| 230040950 | Political Culture | A distinctive and patterned way of thinking about how political life ought to be carried out. | |
| 230040951 | Political Efficacy, sense of | A citizen's capacity to understand and influence political events. | |
| 230040952 | Political Ideology | A relatively consistent set of views of the policies government ought to persue. | |
| 230040953 | Political Tolerance | The willingness to allow people with whom one disagrees to have the full protection of the laws when they express their opinions. | |
| 230040954 | Progressive (Social) | People who believe that moral rules are derived in part from an individual's beliefs and the circumstances of modern life. | |
| 230040955 | Un-American | A word used in naming a congressional committee to merge the councepts of acceptance of national values and goodness itself. | |
| 230040956 | Max Weber | Individual who explained the rise of capitalism in part by what he called the Protestant ethic. | |
| 230040957 | Work Ethic | A set of values that includes working hard, saving one's money, and obeying the law. |
