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| participation in voluntary organizations that reinforce democratic and civic habits of discussion, compromise, and respect for differences |
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| the widely shared beliefs, values, and norms concerning the relationship of citizens to government and to one another |
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| the rights of all people to dignity and worth, also called HUMAN RIGHTS |
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| widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the walues that undergrid them |
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| governance according to the expressed preferances of the majority |
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| a belief that ultimate power resides in the people |
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| the widespread belief that individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success, and that the unties states is a land of opportunity |
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| an economic system characterized by private propety, competitive markets, economic incentives, and limited government invovlement in the production and pricing of goods and services |
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| large corporations or firms that dominate their industries and are able to artificially fix prices and discourage competition. |
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| federal laws (starting with the Sherman Act of 1890) that try to prevent monopolies fromd dominatiting an industry and restraining trade |
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| one's basic beliefs about political values and the role of government |
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| A belief in the positive uses of government to bring about justice and equality of opportunity |
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| A belief that limited government ensures order, competitive markets, and personal opportunity. |
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| An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange |
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| an ideology that is dominated by concern for the environment but also promotes grass-roots democracy, social justive, equal opportunity, nonviolence, respect for diversity and feminism |
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| An ideology that cherishes individual liberty and insists on a sharply limited government, promoting a free-market economy, a noninterventionist foreign policy, and an absence of regulation in the moral and social sphere. |
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