POLI SCI 104 Study Guide - Ion, Citizens Against Government Waste, Letter From Birmingham Jail
30 Oct 2014
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Liberalism focuses on the primacy of the individual in society. Republicanis m focuses on the common good of the community and society. *efforts to improve self are in return for the benefit of the whole. *struggle between liberty and common good reconciled because the individual liberties came out of collective public liberties. America has a general agreement about political beliefs. Liberal means individual and little government influence in daily life. Focus on equality, private property, liberty, individualism, religious freedom, democracy. Clashes are over the interpretation of what these mean. Due to our history, seems natural this way. Chapter 1: political culture is the orientation of citizens toward political systems and themselves as actors in it. Hartz, the liberal tradition in america: an interpretation of american political. Society is a hie rarchy ascriptive but liberalism and republicanism also. Need stronger centralized government than under articles to hold together politically and economically. 13 states with sovereignty did not allow for concerted action.
