what is the american creed?
why is it important in amerrican politics?
what are the 4 terms that sum up what the american identity is? l, e, j, h
a belief that all Americans share the same core beliefs, ideals and values.
because it is known by all americans and is integrated into all systems in america.
liberty, equality, justice and humanity
what is civic nationalism and who wrote a paper on it?
Civic nationalism is a form of nationalism that emphasizes shared citizenship, political participation, and common values, rather than ethnic or cultural identity.
shared values, basically the american creed
used by myrdal in 1944 in his book, he claimed that civic nationalism, the american creed or having common core values, is the concrete in a society for stability
what is political culture, is regards to american creed?
emphasises the American creed as an influence of the masses.
a set of beliefs or core values that shape the political system in america and the attitudes of the people. seen as a bottom up approach to the idea of the american creed. the beliefs shape the system instead of the other way around.
what is political ideology in regards to the american creed?
how does this idea impact the political powers in america
top down perspective, people core beliefs and values are placed upon them by the people in power or politics.
beliefs constitute an ideology. it ensures those in power stay in power, shows the importance of the political power in maintaining the american creed and shaping american culture
what are the shared core values of american society? l, e, i, d, c
why do these core values not always make sense or are interpretted correctly?
liberty, egalitarianism, individualism (limited government), democracy and constitutionalism (rule of law)
they are difficult to define, each person has an idea on what they could mean, this leads to disagreements or tensions regarding these values, how far does it reach, central in policy debates. equality vs inequality and freedom vs security
what is egalitarianism?
equality
what is equality of the law?
equality of opportunity?
equality of outcomes?
equal within the law
equal start point in life
equal outcomes in life, equal gifts at the end of a race
why is america different from other countries in pop and geog?
lots of people, 60x more peoplethan in norway. america the size of a continent, very different throughout country.
large diversities in ethic and religious across states.
why could america be known as a society of contrasts?
because there are often large disparacies between what the core values and ideologies are and the actual reality of the country, eg. land of the free but slavery and discrimination still presnet. equality a value but poverty is still huge
what is meant by a 21st culture war?
a war for the soul of america, how to determine what american culture is what the american creed actually is. a difficulty in defining an american culture. orthodoxy vs progressivism or conservatism vs liberalism. tension that is so large that it poses issues to safety.
blm protests and january 6th
c
what is the current focus of the 21st century culture war? and what does it entail? r,g,e,r,s
identity politics, race gender ethnicity religion and sexual identity
what are the 2 sides of the 21st century culture war on identity?
progressivism vs orthodxy. people thinking that progressiveness is going to fast and needs to be stopped. cancel culture vs freedom og speech
what is polarization?
when the 2 extreme sides of a culture war are so far apart that they cant agree on anything, the silent majority is forgotten about. extreme points of view. silent majority have moderate views in between the left and right