1. Chapter 4: Political Culture & Ideology
POLS 111 – US Government
Jacob A. Helton, BA
for Dr. Hunter

2. Shared Values Liberty Equality Individualism
Respect for the Common Person
Democratic Consensus
Majority Rule
Popular Sovereignty
Justice and the Rule of Law
Patriotism, Optimism, and Idealism

3. Indoctrination
Home
School

4. The “American Dream”
The widespread belief that the United States is a land of opportunity and that individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success.

5. Political Ideologies Liberalism Conservatism Socialism
Traditional
Social
Socialism
Environmentalism
Libertarianism
Liberalism
A belief in the positive uses of government to bring about justice and equality of opportunity.
Conservatism
A belief that limited government ensures order, competitive markets, and personal opportunity.
Socialism
An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange. The concept is generally credited to Karl Marx.
Environmentalism
An ideology that is dominated by concern for the environment but also promotes grassroots democracy, social justice, equal opportunity, nonviolence, respect for diversity, and feminism.
Libertarianism
An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on a sharply limited government, promoting a free market economy, a nonintervention foreign policy, and an absence of regulation in the moral and social spheres.

6. Questions?

7. The Test