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| Social Capital | Democratic and civic habits of discussion, compromise, and respect for differences, which grow out of participation in voluntary organizations |
| Political Culture | The widely shared beliefs |
| Natural Rights | The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also known as Human Rights |
| Democratic Consensus | Widespread agreement on fundamental principles of democratic governance and the values that undergird them |
| Majority Rule | Governance according to the expressed preferences of the majority |
| Popular Sovereignty | A belief that ultimate power resides in the people |
| American Dream | The widespread belief that the United States is a land of opportunity and that individual initiative and hard work can bring economic success |
| Capitalism | An economic system characterized by private property, competitive markets, economic incentives, and limited government involvement in the production and pricing of goods and services |
| Monopoly | Domination of an industry by a single company by fixing prices and discouraging competition; also, the company that dominates the industry by these means |
| Antitrust Legislation | Federal laws that try to prevent a monopoly from dominating an industry and restraining trade |
| Political Ideology | A consistent pattern of beliefs about political values and the rise of government |
| Liberalism | A belief in the positive uses of government to bring about justice and equality of opportunity |
| Conservatism | A belief that limited government ensures order, competitive markets, and personal opportunity |
| Socialism | An economic and governmental system based on public ownership of the means of production and exchange. |
| Environmentalism | An ideology that is dominated by concern for the environment but also promotes grassroots democracy, social justice, equal opportunity, nonviolence, respect for diversity, and feminism |
| Libertarianism | 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 spheres |
