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    Political culture is a set of values, beliefs, and feelings that are related to the government, politics and the people. According to political scientist Daniel Elazar, Texas’s political culture is a combination of traditionalistic and individualistic elements, Elazar stated, “The traditionalistic aspects of state politics are exemplified by the long history of one-party dominance in state politics, the low level of voter turnout, and social and economic conservatism. The individualistic nature

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    Despites the political regionalism, most of the Canadian people still benefit from Canadian political culture, because it brought Canadian people a stable society, economy, education, and health care system. However, some of the people such as businessmen or institutions could bear a large burden. According to the NAFTA, for example, if the Canadian government gives U.S. companies rights to buy water from the Great Lakes, then the government will not able to stop those companies from purchasing as

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    Mexican Political Culture As once put by Mexican Nobel laureate Octavio Paz, Mexico is a land of “super-imposed pasts” (McCormick, p.326). It continues to be and is seen as a melding pot of its European and Native American ideas about society, law and government. Its history has had a major influence on the political culture of Mexico, seen through years of revolution, violence and corruption. Mexico is a considered a new democracy, but there is a tension still seen between democracy and authoritarianism

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    the weight of political culture into democracy (freedom), firstly it we define the meaning of political culture and the types? What the word democracies actually mean and the type’s examples of countries that is practicing democracy the benefits to the country? What are the networks within democracies and political culture, the similarities, differences, gain and harm to the countries that are or want to practice democracies? It will consider why some humanities have some political values that seem

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    Define Political Culture: “ is used in the field of social science. It refers to historically-based, widely-shared beliefs, feelings, and values about the nature of political systems, which can serve as a link between citizens and government”. Political culture in the United States: Liberty is specifically mentioned in the Consitution, Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.Liberty is one of the core values that’s referred to in all three documents. If we had a limited

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    and Political Culture in New Zealand In contemporary New Zealand, over eighty percent of households have access to the Internet. Technology permeates almost all aspects of our cultural lives, so developments in technology can have immense consequences on the way we think, behave and interact. Political culture is not free from the influence of technology. From the printing press, television and now the digital tools utilised in modern New Zealand, technology has helped to shape our political culture

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    Texas Political Culture Daniel Elazar created a political culture classification scheme of moralistic, individualistic, and traditionalistic to describe the political cultures of the states. According to Elazar, Texas can be described as traditionalistic and individualistic. Historically, Texas politics demonstrate a strong one-party tradition, provincialism, and business dominance. These patterns, however, may be weakening as the Republican Party increases its power in the state and urbanization

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    Canadian Political Culture, in a nation- state context, can be break down as beliefs and attitudes that Canadian have of political objects( Jackson, Politics in Canada.1994). The majority of Canadians normally hold similar political notion that, unlike firm beliefs that varies in due time, are more widespread and are considered as the base for political culture. It is these values and attitudes that Canadian citizens share that compose the heart of Canada nation state political culture system. The

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    USA and Texas political culture can be described fully by understanding in detail of classical liberalism, social conservatism and populism. Classical liberalism allow an individual to use primary social value of liberty in the political culture that extent until liberties of the others disturbed. Classical liberal ideas often form the basis for opposition to the use of government to attain social and personal objectives. They stress reliance on private the free market to determine the best outcomes

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    The Shaping of the National Political Culture When America was first formed, it had a very weak central government that would have collapsed at any time. To reinforce the government, the Constitution was born. Among with its creation was the American Pride of the people. From 1789-1815, one inside force and one outside force contributed to the creation of the national political culture. These two forces were the Whiskey Rebellion and XYZ Affair. The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 was when the federal

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