POLI 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Liberal Democracy, Secularism
17 May 2017
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Litigious political culture: our neighbours to the south litigate everything (americans, liberal democratic political culture invites litigation, seeks it out, thinks its healthy, brings in new ideas, makes both sides think flexibly about what they"re doing. If it can"t be settled politically, that"s why we have courts. Religion and politics: barrington, 101-104: faith and politics, religion: an organized system of beliefs and devotion regarding a spiritual force or forces, the relationship between faith (moral and spiritual principles) and politics. Judaeo-christian culture and liberal democracy: our laws are influenced by judaeo-christian values, protestantism and capitalism, there"s a relationship between protestantism and capitalism, profit and laws are hegemonic in political culture, secularism, huge in protestantism. If you"re a regular attendee at church, part of political culture is socialization through a religious institution: what is the political consequence, are you motivated by voting or activity.
