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| Right of every person to equal protection under the laws and equal access to society's opportunities and public facilities. |
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| Equal Protection Clause ( 14th Amendment ) |
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| forbids state to deny equal protection of the laws to any individual |
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| Said seperate public facilities for blacks and whites was ok as long as they were "equal". |
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| Reversed "Plessy" and said that racial segregation of public schools are inheritary unequal |
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| applied by courts to laws that attempt a racial or ethnic classification. The test elimnates race or ethnical as a legal classification when it places a minority group members at a disadvantage |
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| Legal classifications such as race and national origin, that have invidious discrimination as their purpose and makes it unconstitutional. |
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| applied by courts to laws that treat individuals unequally |
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| MLK & Civil Rights Movement |
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| Entitles all people to equal access of restaurants, bars theaters, hotels, gas stations and similar establishments which provide to the general public. Bans discrimination in hiring, promotion, and wages of employees of medium to large sized firms. |
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| Voting Rights act of 1965 |
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| Forbids discrimination in voting and registration. Also prohibits the use of literacy test as a registration requirement. |
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| Busing to achieve racial integration in public schools |
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| equality of opportunity vs equality of result |
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| role played by public opinion in american governance |
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| · Political Socialization |
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| Public Opinion relationship to Political Socialization |
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| source of/ influences on political views and beliefs( Political Socialization ) |
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| generational effect ( age cohort tendency ) |
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| Nationalization of the News |
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| concentration and consolidation of media |
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| capacity of media to shape events (ability of media to influence politics) |
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| public representative role |
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| self-importance of the media |
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| media and public trust in government and politics |
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| consequences of changes in media and way in which media covers politics and government |
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· Voting and Political Participation
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| civic engagement/social capital |
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| sum of the face to face interactions among citizens in a society |
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| feeling of personal disinterest in or unconcern with politics |
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| feeling of personal powerlessness that includes the notion that government does not care about the peoples opinion |
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| American two-party system (origins, causal factors, consequences) |
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| parties and democracy (many elements here) |
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| importance of districts (at-large vs. geographically based) |
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| primary areas of concerns for campaign (candidate, resources, message, audience, and time) |
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| change in campaigns from labor intensive to capital intensive |
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| candidate-centered elections |
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| purposes of Interest Groups |
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| reasons for joining and staying in interest groups |
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| growth in the number of interest groups (timing of and reasons for) |
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| tactics/methods utilized by interest groups (many here) |
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| issue advocacy advertisement |
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| political action committee (PAC) |
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| interest groups and public policy |
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| iron triangles and issue networks |
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