GOVT 2306 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Railroad Commission Of Texas, Nancy Lee And Perry R. Bass Performance Hall, Gulf Coastal Plain
8 Sep 2016
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Ch 1: conservatives have been revitalized by the republican party in texas, cultural conservatism on issues like abortion and gay rights, calls for lower taxes, less government spending and regulation and a balance budget. Rooted from new england in order for the puritans to try to create a good. Politics is the concern of everyone and government is expected to be interventionist in promoting the public good: individualistic political cultures. Government role is to ensure stability so individuals can pursue their own interest: traditionalistic political culture. Reflecting the values of the slave plantation economy and its successor (the jim. Concerned with preservation for tradition and the existing social order. Public participation is limited and government is ran by elite. Benefits the elites more than everyone: texas often categorized as having a traditionalistic individualistic culture. Hard to maintain has a lot of different political cultures. The one-party state: over 100 years, texas was dominated by democratic party, redefined now as:
