Chapter 21 Flashcards
(9 cards)
Political Cleavages
Issues/Social divisions that form a durable basis of political conflicts
Cross-cutting cleavages
you get it
Conservatives
-Special political and economic privileges of traditional elite
-Strong role for religion in political system
Liberal
-Belief in equal rights
-Free market capitalism
-Secular
Left
-Working class
-Larger role of gov in economy
-Communist, Social dem, labor parties
Right
Middle/Upper class
-Smaller role for gov
-Modern conservative, liberal, and christian dem parties
Post Materialism
Mid 1960s: younger people stressing different values than before
-rights of marginalized
-free speech
-Activism
-environmental protection
progressive
-LGBTQ rights expanded
-abortion should be legal
-pro immigration
-action on climate change
-BLM
Social Conservative/Nationalist
-Anti LGBTQ
-Restrict abortion
-Anti immigration
-reluctant on climate policies
-law and order