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Elements Of Political Culture

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Political culture is a people's mutual structure of values, beliefs, and habits of behavior concerning to government and politics. These ideals and outlines of behavior extend over time and influence the political life of a state, area or country. Further specifically, the ideas of political culture suggest to how we view that the relationship between people and government, right and responsibility of people, obligation of government and limits on governmental authority. Because political actors are aware of the limitations set by political culture, they often deliberately use elements of political culture to accomplish their ends. Supporters and opponents of decrease in social welfare spending, funding for businesses, changes in regulatory …show more content…

Established in tough independence and southern custom, Texas political society puts a premium on individual freedom and harbors a doubt of government. This video presents the social, verifiable, and social connection of Texas legislative issues and analyzes whether a political society framed in the nineteenth century has advanced in the 21st century. When we take a bird eye view of complication and diversity of modern Texas we come to know that any single list of traits that we might label "Texan" will be partial, overly static, not applicable to everyone in the state, and maybe even internally conflicting. Our study in this semester reveals the complex interplay between race and regional culture against the backdrop of the institutional setting of the Texas legislature in the early 1970s. A complex interaction of various historical, institutional, economic, geographic and social forces repeatedly redefines how people of Texas think of themselves. Being a Texan means being then again autonomous, rough, individualistic, basic, direct, persistently decided, and pleased; once in a while proud and brash, materialistic yet moralistic; religious; suspicious of government yet aware of power; trusting in rivalry and survival of the fittest, yet worried for the individuals who may be down on their good …show more content…

It provides the general structure of our democratic government. By separating powers into three branches and creating a system of check and balance between the branches, it continues a long tradition in American democracy. Also, through a process of accumulation, it has become a repository of important constitutional protections and legal traditions, like the Bill of Rights, homestead protection, and community property. Unfortunately, the Texas Constitution falls short of the flexibility, empowerment of government institutions, and overall coherence needed for a large, modern, diverse state such as Texas in the

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and Texas Constitutions are similar documents. They both represent the principles of representative democratic government, in which power originated from the people. Both contain a bill of rights that protects civil liberties from government infringement, both provide for two branches of legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate and both request a system of checks and balances and separation of powers between legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. They also both divide government power between upper and lower levels of government. In the U.S. Constitution the states are subordinate to the federal government, and in the Texas Constitution the counties are subordinate to the state government.

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A constitution is the fundamental law by which a nation or a state is governed and organized. It establishes the framework of government, delegates the powers and duties of governmental bodies, and defines the relationship between the government and their citizens. Texas current constitution was adopted in 1876, and since then Texas voters have approved more than 467 amendments to this document. The word “amendment” is defined as the act or process of changing the words or the meaning of a law or document (constitution). Throughout this essay I will explain the rules for amending the Texas Constitution, the attempts made at constitutional reforms during the 1970s, explain why constitutional reforms were attempted and why it ultimately failed.

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Daniel Elazar states in “Governing Texas,” that there are three categories of political culture which effects the way citizens participate in politics, and it also effects the way individuals interact with institutions: Moralistic, Individualistic, and Traditionalistic. In most cases if one were to ask a leader from each category of political culture which culture is the best, they would say that their approach to governmental intervention and implementation is best due to many reasons such as their experiences and morals, which help to shape their opinions. According to world-renowned author, speaker, and business-leader, Chip Bell “Effective questioning brings insight, which fuels curiosity, which cultivates wisdom." Such a statement means

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Three important social changes to Texas in the 1900s are the spin off jobs, building of universities, and the bringing together of communities. Spin off jobs gave the biggest social changes because it gave the minorities a chance to make more money and pursue other careers. supporting detail from documents with document citation-The average pay in East Texas was 10 dollars a week, but in the boomtowns it was about ten a day. This gave the people of minority a chance to save money and decide whether they want to go to a university and pursue a different career other than cleaning. The higher pay enabled the people to make money ad go to college so they can finally do

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The Texas legislative process is governed by the Texas constitution as well as the House of Representative and the Senate. Its primary function is to enact laws to provide for the health, welfare, education, environment, and economic and general well-being of the citizens of Texas. It also establishes public policy through the passage of bills and resolutions and proposes amendments to the state constitution, which are then submitted to the voters for approval or disapproval. When a bill is proposed, it must go through the legislative process before it becomes a law. The legislative process is very long and has many steps.

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The political culture of Texas can be described as being both Individualistic as well as Traditionalistic. In other words, Texas believes in the basic feature of individualistic values such as a strong belief in self-reliance, resistance to regulation, and a suspicion of public institutions. However,

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The Texas Constitution is similar to the U.S. Constitution in many ways. One of the many ways is that both have a Bill of Rights, and the Texas constitution embodies certain ideas from the U.S. Bill of Rights, which are that all free men are declared to have free and equal rights that cannot be taken away because of sex, race, color, creed, or national origin. Another way they are related is because they both have a constitutional law for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial department. The U.S. Constitution has two virtues; brevity and flexibility. The Texas Constitution in the other hand, does not, the U.S. Constitution is limited to 7 short articles and 27 amendments.

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Texas Political Culture There are multiple classifications for political cultures Moralistic political culture- ones believe that the government should promote the public good and in order to ensure that good the citizens should participate in politics and civic activities Individualistic political culture- ones believe that the government must limit their role when providing to society in order to make the citizens able to pursue their economic interests Traditionalistic political culture- ones believe that the government should controlled by political elites and must be guided by tradition. Changes in Texas

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“Political culture can be thought “If it is not obvious by now that Texans are set in stone and do not like change, especially in things that involve government. “Political culture can be thought of as a nation’s political personality…Political fakes into account the attitudes, valves, and beliefs that people in a society have about the political system, including standard assumptions about the way the government works” There were many influence during the “Old South”. Agricultural is how people made money because they had farms and ranches that they could use. Back then there were mostly rural areas unlike today how there is both rural and urban now. Because of how big the agriculture industry is there was a need for slavery to help with the

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Laws and rules that date back to times when it made it difficult for people to stand out and have a voice. Texas based their laws on family values, school prayer, against abortion, and against gay marriage. Another negative aspect of Texas its location next to Mexico. Since Texas is bordering Mexico, there has been a lot of illegal Mexican immigrants crossing the border unto Texas seeking jobs that belong to legal Texas citizens. Though has been stricter laws put in place to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing over into Texas, there is still dispute over the issue

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In my essay I will provide three reasons why I do not believe Texas is operating within a democracy-a political system where the many rule. According to Author Robert Dahl, a democracy should provide opportunities for effective participation, equality in voting and inclusion of adults. There are socioeconomic factors- such ethnicity, education and income which are mentioned by author of our textbook, that impact voter participation. To begin, let’s look at the role a person ethnicity plays in a democracy. Next, examine the level of education and how it correlates to voting.

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This constitution promised many things. The primary thing the constitution established was that Mexico was a republic. This was a huge step for the Mexican people. Mexico was divided into states and territories. Texas became a state with Coahuila.

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Texas is the second most populated and second largest state in United State. Due to its size, Texas contains diverse landscapes that resemble both American South and Southwest. Most of the population centers are located in areas of formers prairies, grass lands, forests, and the coastline. The current Texas Constitution was adopted in 1876. Like most of the states, it also provides for a separation off power.

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The two party system that essentially runs politics in America, effects each state during election times. Some states tend to be more bipolar than others with their Republican and Democrat nominations but Texas is a state that usually stays pretty consistent with its nomination. Since the 1800’s, Texas has shown a strong history of voting for a candidate in the Democratic party, thus making it considered a “Blue State”. I attribute this to the opinions of Texan voters as well as the moral values that they share with who is often perceived as your “Typical Democrat”.

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(The Three Branches) should not be so far separated as to have no constitutional control over each other.” In conclusion, the constitution protected us from tyranny using the three methods,Equal Representation from all the States, Federalism, and the system of checks and balances. The framers succeeded in creating a well built constitution because all three methods have created security that no tyrant, or tyranny would

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