Political Flashcards
“Man, by nature, is a political animal.”
Aristotle
Your ______ forms part of the entirety of your self-concept
political identity
A huge determinant of your political identity is your
political behavior
these actions determine your political identity.
The candidates you vote for,
the policies you support,
how assertive you are when it comes to demanding accountability from our politicians
said that we need to control our innate selfishness.
Thomas Hobbes
we will live in a ____ society
chaotic
For Macionis (2007), this is the specific function of politics
to distribute power,
set the societies’ goals,
and make decisions.
Early societies often rely on elders in _______
authoritative decision making
Central to the tradition of these is
respect
is anchored on norms and values which that society upholds
politics
what are the factors that determine political participation?
self-interest
political behavior
political identity
social identification
altruism
refers to how vocal or silent you are in expressing your political views.
political participation
refers to identifying yourself into particular groups whose ideologies conforms with what you have in your ideas.
political identity
also identified social identification and altruism as other factors that may influence political participation.
Fowler and Kam
refers to the encompassing characteristics shared by a particular population, and this is based on what social scientists believe as “social identity theory.”
social identification