Dorrinda and Denise are 12-year-old identical twins. Their parents do not pay much attention to politics. They rarely vote and have never been to a political rally
Given what you know about political socialization, what sort of political life do you envision for the twins?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Discuss whether or not the twins will view politics and vote similarly to one another and to their parents.
2, Identify reasons for the twins' voting similarity or dissimilarity with each other and their parents, including detailed discussion of their parents as agents of political socialization and other agents (school, genetics, the media, and friends) that explain their voting behavior.
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A. mobilize B. be objective toward C. obstruct D. question
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The public sector composes a smaller proportion of total health-related expenditures in the United States, compared to most other industrialized democracies. 2. The American health-care system is primarily a private health-care system. 3. The United States spends a much larger proportion of its economic resources (as measured by gross domestic product) on health care than does any other industrialized nation. 4. Surveys of the American public find that Americans want universal access to medical care via large-scale government programs. 5. Despite the existence of several health-care programs, medicine is still not as available to the poor as it is to the more affluent.
In the case of the NAACP v. Alabama (1958), the U. S. Supreme Court
A) recognized that all persons are created equal. B) recognized the right of association as part of the First Amendment. C) ruled that provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment were applicable to the states. D) ruled that the poll tax was unconstitutional and discriminatory.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. The constructivist approach to world politics is best at helping explain why tensions between the U.S. and Russia have increased in recent years. 2. U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to “pivot” American foreign policy away from Europe and toward the Asia Pacific region is intended to signal that the U.S. perceives war with China as perhaps not inevitable, but highly likely and worth preparation. 3. Potential misperceptions about U.S. policy in the South China Sea increase the risk of conflict in the region. 4. Progress toward a two-state solution of the Israel-Palestine conflict is complicated by internal divisions within the Palestinian leadership. 5. North Korea’s nuclear tests have some intelligence analysts so unimpressed, with some even wondering if the country had ever successfully produced a nuclear weapon, that many fail to see North Korea as a legitimate threat to peace in the Asia-Pacific region.