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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Democratic attitudes"”.
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How the Ethical Positions of Voters and Politicians Matter in a Democracy
… correlates with a decrease in positive democratic attitudes. This finding highlights that ethical distance matters to our understanding of support for changing the system and making it less democratic – even though people are satisfied with the system in its current form. I also …
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Issues in Inquiry-Based Science Education Seen Through Dewey's Theory of Inquiry
… collaborative group work for independence and democratic attitudes; and dynamic problem solving to change the community and the students’ identities. Efforts to connect students’ experiences with school learning aimed at different learning outcomes and consequently met with a different set of …
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He is not one of U.S.: partisanship, perceptions of anti-Americanism & their consequences for democracy
… political elites, and form their political attitudes. Yet we know relatively little about who and what ordinary citizens view as threatening to national identity within the United States and how those judgments matter for democracy. This dissertation addresses that gap by investigating (1) …
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Values and democracy: postmaterialist shift versus cultural particularity in Russia, the USA, Britain and Japan
… demands, which can be conducive to liberal democratic outcomes. In relation to these, the present study suggests that cultural particularity should be taken into consideration as a factor competing with that of values shift in terms of influence on people's attitudinal conditions. For …
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Legal Education: An Exploration of Its Inclusion in the Public Schools of Alabama.
… Of particular concern is the need for instilling democratic attitudes and a sense of good citizenship as a way of combating the delinquent behavior of juveniles. The chapter further points out the universality of law and the importance of favorable, positive attitudes toward law. The need for …
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A comparison of mothers' attitudes and perceptions using two methods of Adlerian parent education
… individual member the best opportunity to learn attitudes and values that will prepare them to function effectively in a democratic society. There is a stated need to find ways to strengthen the family unit by assisting parents to improve their parenting skills and to become better support agents …
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Understanding and Measuring Affective Polarisation in Mass Publics
… the link between affective polarisation and democratic stability in publics. Results from causal models indicate that rising affective polarisation, arguably by leading individuals to view political opposition as illegitimate, diminishes their endorsement of the democratic system and its …