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According to Almond and Verba, the civic culture
- inhibits the stability of democracies
- is unconnected to the stability of democracies
- contributes to the stability of democracies
- is incompatible with the stability of democracies
In the United States during the 1960s and 1970s, trust in government
- increased slightly
- stayed the same
- fell slightly
- fell substantially
Social capital is based on
- Eastern Europe's 'third way'
- widespread acceptance of the market economy
- start-up funding for voluntary organizations
- a culture of trust and cooperation
The primacy model of political socialization maintains that
- television dominates political socialization
- basic political loyalties are shaped by recent events
- basic political loyalties are formed when young
- political learning is greatest in late adulthood
Among which group would you expect postmaterialism to be most
prevalent?
- affluent and educated people with no experience of war
- people who lived through war or depression
- poor people in the least developed countries
- members of conservative parties
Which one of the following is NOT an example of one of Huntington’s civilizations?
- The West
- Islam
- Communism
- Hindu
Japan