A correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart makes a joke about the United States getting into wars with countries that most Americans cannot locate on a map
Apply what you know about the process of political socialization to describe at least one political belief and attitude that the correspondent is conveying.
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Explain that the correspondent's joke is a critique of the public's lack of knowledge about foreign affairs and of the tendency of government to conduct foreign affairs in ways that fail to garner broad public support.
2, Discuss how popular culture can undermine trust in government, politically socializing Americans to find government decisions and actions to be ridiculous.
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a. Multipolar systems are never stable, just as the bipolarity argument claims. b. Bipolar systems are more stable than multipolar only if power is distributed exactly equally. c. Bipolar systems are less stable than multipolar. d. A multipolar system can be stable, contrary to the neorealist claim.
In most European nations, voter registration is
A) done by the voter. B) done by the political party. C) not necessary. D) done by a request from the voter. E) done automatically.