CITIZENSHIP IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: FOUNDATION, CHANGES, CHALLENGES

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CITIZENSHIP IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACYFOUNDATION,
CHANGES, CHALLENGES

• Morris P. Fiorina
• Stanford University
• Conference Sponsored by the Active Citizenship
  Foundation,
• Giovanni Moro, President
• Rome, Italy
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• June 5, 2003

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CITIZENSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES

• Beliefs, not Blood
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• Rights, not Responsibilities
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• Individuals, not Communities

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Immigration to the United States, by Decade
1820- 2000
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New Immigrants as a Percentage of the Total
United States Population, by Decade 1820- 2000
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CHANGES IN AMERICAN POLITICS SINCE 1960

• Presidential Nominating Process
• Candidate-centered Politics
• Open Meetings
• Recorded Votes
• Expanded Rules of Standing
• Enhanced Judicial Review

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CHANGES IN AMERICAN POLITICS SINCE 1960

• Open Bureaucracy
• Intervenors
• Maximum Feasible Participation
• Proliferation of Local Bodies
• Advocacy Explosion
• Propositions
• Proliferation of Polls
• New Technologies

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Americans Are Far Less Supportive Than Europeans
of Government Actions to Reduce Economic
Inequality
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Americans Are Far Less Supportive Than Europeans
of Government Actions to Reduce Economic
Inequality
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Americans Are Far Less Supportive Than Europeans
of Government Actions to Reduce Economic
Inequality
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Americans Are Much More Optimistic About Their
Chances of Getting Ahead Than People Elsewhere
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SES Bias in Political Participation Mean Number
of Political Acts by Demographic Characteristics
and Attitudes
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SES Bias in Political Participation Mean Number
of Political Acts by Race or Ethnicity
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Should it be possible for a pregnantwoman to get
a legal abortion if

• There is a strong chance of a serious defect in
  the baby.
• She is married and doesnt want more children.
• Her health is seriously endangered by the
  pregnancy.
• Her family has a very low income and cant
  afford more children.
• She became pregnant as a result of rape.
• She is not married and does not want to marry
  the father.

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Popular Attitudes Toward Abortion Have Been
Remarkably Stable Since Roe v. Wade (1973)
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Abortion Index by Political Party