Understand the cultural and population change our state has experienced. Texas is a
majority minority. - ️️The fastest-growing ethnic group in Texas is Latinos. +60%
percent of births in Texas are minority births, with Latino births accounting for half of all
newborns. Latinos could constitu...
UTSA Texas Politics Exam #1
Understand the cultural and population change our state has experienced. Texas is a
majority minority. - ✔️✔️The fastest-growing ethnic group in Texas is Latinos. +60%
percent of births in Texas are minority births, with Latino births accounting for half of all
newborns. Latinos could constitute a majority in Texas within 35 years.
Access and Representation - ✔️✔️Gaining access to elected or administrative officials.
(Getting officials to see the problem)
Policy Formulation - ✔️✔️Development of strategies for dealing with the problems of
the official policy agenda.
(Solutions made to fix the problem)
Policy Adoption and Legitimation - ✔️✔️The official decision of a government body to
accept a particular policy to resolve the issue identified. (Law is debated and passed)
Policy Implementation - ✔️✔️The stage of the policy process in which policies are
carried out; Bureaucracy. (Law is put into action and enforced)
Policy Evaluation - ✔️✔️Asses the Policy. Did it work? If no, what do you do? What
contribute to factors as to why not?
Agenda Building Identification - ✔️✔️The process through which issues become
matters of public concern and government action.
(Identifying a problem)
Public Policy - ✔️✔️Government action designed to meet a public need or goal is
determined by a legislative body or other authorized officials.
We are 85-88% urban today as opposed to just a few years ago when we were seen as
a rural state. Why has that changed ? - ✔️✔️oil/ energy resources/companies are
allotted special treatment
What are the opportunities for minority groups in texas to expand their voice politically ?
- ✔️✔️Organizations such as the League of United Latin American Citizens and the
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project have worked to increase voter
registration and turnout among Latinos in recent years.
Even though we have grown in economic power not all groups have benefitted. What do
groups rate in poverty in Texas ? - ✔️✔️White 12%
Black 29%
, Hispanic 33%
Other 14%
Total 23%
Describe Traditionalistic Political Culture - ✔️✔️Preservation of traditions and the
existing social order
(Government is a vehicle to maintain the status quo and leadership)
Characteristics of Traditionalistic - ✔️✔️-Rooted in plantation values of social hierarchy
-Focused on tradition and maintaining existing social order
-Politics engaged in by established wealthy families
Ex: TX AZ FL MS
Describe Moralistic Political Culture - ✔️✔️Government should be active in promoting
the public good and that citizens should participate in politics and civic activities to
ensure that good
(Government should advance public good and public participation is a duty)
Characteristics of Moralistic - ✔️✔️-Rooted in NE Puritanism
-The common good is everyone's concern
-Government should promote the public good
- Ex. MN IA WI CA WA ME VT NH - North/NE
Individualistic Political Culture - ✔️✔️An approach to government and politics that
emphasizes private initiative with a minimum of government interference
(Government is limited to maintaining a stable society)
Characteristics of Individualistic - ✔️✔️-Focuses more on commercial success
-Government should provide order and protect property
-Bureaucracy viewed as interference (government is not the solution but the problem)
-Less concern for mass participation in politics
- Ex: South/ SE/ Midwest/ SW NV TX
Texas Political Culture - ✔️✔️Hybrid of Individualistic and Traditionalistic.
-Low Taxes and social service provision
- Business interests dominate policy
The individualistic culture comes from the state's frontier experience.
-Economic and social conservatism
-Strong support of personal politics
-Distrust of political parties
-Minimization of political parties' importance.
The traditionalistic culture grew out of the Old South, where a one-party system
developed.
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