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A Study On Values And The Value Of Individual Initiative And Disdain For All Collective Efforts Essay

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Neoliberal Values. The first key dependent variable in this study is neoliberal values (DV). While neoliberalism is “a political project that entails a set of particular economic and political ideologies,” this study will be focusing on the dimension that emphasizes “the individual and the importance of individual initiative and distaste for all collective efforts” (Dolhinow, 2006). The degrees of neoliberalism will be determined by the responses to the following statements: 1) America is a society that protects and guarantees my basic rights, 2) I think America provides opportunities for success for everyone, 3) Through hard work, anyone can overcome racism or sexism in America (Alpha=.83). The items that measured adherence towards neoliberal values were operationalized with a range from 1=Disagree, through 3=Neither Agree not Disagree, to 5=Strongly Agree. The closer to 1 a participant is the less likely to adhere to neoliberal values and the closer to 5 the more likely to adhere to neoliberal values the participant was. To capture the variability of the scores for the variable neoliberal values measures of central tendency were calculated. The results of these analysis are; N = 575, M=3.33, SD=1.256. When you look at the mean, it appears that most participants lean slightly more to adhering to neoliberal values than not.
Racial Discrimination. Racial discrimination is the tendency to treat or to be treaded unequally based of your racial make-up. The degree of racial

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