Which of the following best describes the minimalist paradigm?
a. Individuals have sufficient political knowledge to vote and take political action.
b. People have insufficient capacity to acquire political knowledge and cannot make rational political decisions.
c. Most people fall short of what we expect them to know, think about, and pay attention to in the complicated world of politics and policy.
d. Most citizens do not need to acquire political information or civic education, and governments run with minimal interaction from their citizenry.
c. Most people fall short of what we expect them to know, think about, and pay attention to in the complicated world of politics and policy.
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Americans generally do not place great value in civic duties such as voting because of our emphasis on
A) individualism. B) communitarianism. C) potentialism. D) utilitarianism. E) socialism.
Civil liberties
A) are the fundamental rights of a free society. B) are protected by the Supreme Court. C) are found in the Bill of Rights. D) protect against the abuses of a federal government. E) all of the above.