POLS 207 EXAM 1 DYER TAMU QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
/. police powers - Answer-✅"policy power" to promote general welfare of community.
Defined by communities' values
/.why there is different policies - Answer-✅demographics and religion
/.notable demographic change in US - Answer-✅increase in minority population
/.religiosity - Answer-✅strength of a religious force in a community
/.state responses to immigration - Answer-✅sanctuary cities making their own
policies/restrictions on wlefare and services
/.collective action - Answer-✅a problem that can be resolved with government/political
process
/.political idealogy - Answer-✅set of assumptions of how society works. not party
affiliation
/.conservative - Answer-✅values social order and economic efficiency. govt should
regulate social choices
/.liberal - Answer-✅social freedom/economic equality. govt does not regulate social
choices, and should regulate value for general good
/.libertarian - Answer-✅social freedom/economic efficiency. individual autonomy and
minimal govt. not anarchists
/.populist - Answer-✅govt intervention to benefit the average person. must conform to
traditional beliefs. distrust of elites (like capitalism)
/.role of govt - Answer-✅maintain order
provide public goods
promote equality?
/.political culture - Answer-✅shared framework of beliefs related to govt/politics
, /.daniel elazer's classifications - Answer-✅developed causal theory to explain patterns
of culture
clusters of immigrants w/ distinct cultures settled in fixed areas
/.individualistic classification - Answer-✅-market driven
-wealth/power qualify them to govern
-material self interest motivates people to enter public life
-more political corruption and ethical violation
/.moralistic classification - Answer-✅-govt is positive force for good
-advances public interest
-citizens have duty to serve
-politicians seek office to advance issues
-govt is a public service
-civil service bureaucracy viewed favorably
/.traditionalistic political culture - Answer-✅-elite lineage is all that matters
-govt created to serve elites/maintain order
-obligation to govern by family
-civil service interferes w/ personal relationships
/.Texas political culture - Answer-✅traditionalistic and individualistic
long history of one party rule
conservatism
support for private business
opposition to govt interference
faith in individual initiatives
mixture of old south and frontier influences
patriotism
/.purpose of constitutions - Answer-✅legitimacy
basic framework
limiting govt power
/.state constitutions - Answer-✅longer/more specific
used to carefully control govt
make more policy decisions
less interpretation
entrenches policy
/.local govts - Answer-✅don't have any independent power over their upper level
/.deadwood - Answer-✅extra writing in constitutions that has been amended but not
removed. irrelevant text
ANSWERS
/. police powers - Answer-✅"policy power" to promote general welfare of community.
Defined by communities' values
/.why there is different policies - Answer-✅demographics and religion
/.notable demographic change in US - Answer-✅increase in minority population
/.religiosity - Answer-✅strength of a religious force in a community
/.state responses to immigration - Answer-✅sanctuary cities making their own
policies/restrictions on wlefare and services
/.collective action - Answer-✅a problem that can be resolved with government/political
process
/.political idealogy - Answer-✅set of assumptions of how society works. not party
affiliation
/.conservative - Answer-✅values social order and economic efficiency. govt should
regulate social choices
/.liberal - Answer-✅social freedom/economic equality. govt does not regulate social
choices, and should regulate value for general good
/.libertarian - Answer-✅social freedom/economic efficiency. individual autonomy and
minimal govt. not anarchists
/.populist - Answer-✅govt intervention to benefit the average person. must conform to
traditional beliefs. distrust of elites (like capitalism)
/.role of govt - Answer-✅maintain order
provide public goods
promote equality?
/.political culture - Answer-✅shared framework of beliefs related to govt/politics
, /.daniel elazer's classifications - Answer-✅developed causal theory to explain patterns
of culture
clusters of immigrants w/ distinct cultures settled in fixed areas
/.individualistic classification - Answer-✅-market driven
-wealth/power qualify them to govern
-material self interest motivates people to enter public life
-more political corruption and ethical violation
/.moralistic classification - Answer-✅-govt is positive force for good
-advances public interest
-citizens have duty to serve
-politicians seek office to advance issues
-govt is a public service
-civil service bureaucracy viewed favorably
/.traditionalistic political culture - Answer-✅-elite lineage is all that matters
-govt created to serve elites/maintain order
-obligation to govern by family
-civil service interferes w/ personal relationships
/.Texas political culture - Answer-✅traditionalistic and individualistic
long history of one party rule
conservatism
support for private business
opposition to govt interference
faith in individual initiatives
mixture of old south and frontier influences
patriotism
/.purpose of constitutions - Answer-✅legitimacy
basic framework
limiting govt power
/.state constitutions - Answer-✅longer/more specific
used to carefully control govt
make more policy decisions
less interpretation
entrenches policy
/.local govts - Answer-✅don't have any independent power over their upper level
/.deadwood - Answer-✅extra writing in constitutions that has been amended but not
removed. irrelevant text
