Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter students should be able to:

1

Identify the core ideals that constitute American political culture.

2

Discuss the importance of these ideals to American political culture as well as the reasons these ideals do not match the reality of people's experiences.

3

Identify the roots of political conflict.

4

Define the terms and discuss the relationships among power, authority and policy.

5

Define the terms constitutionalism, capitalism and democracy and discuss how they act as rules to guide the play of politics in the United States.

6

Distinguish among majoritarian, pluralist and elitist theories of power.

7

Explain the "political system" model.

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