THE POLITICS OF USA

How does an understanding of politics help us understand culture?

Forming an understanding of politics is an important step to learn about culture, since a country's politics and culture are inextricably linked.

Political culture is a part of culture, and every country has a political culture. A political culture is a set of attitudes and practices held by a people that shapes their political behavior, which includes moral judgments, political myths, widely shared beliefs, and ideas about what makes for a good society.

Since a political culture is a reflection of a government, a good understanding of a country’s politics can help us get to know its political culture. Besides, we can know what political attitudes people have, whether they participate in politics or not and the level of their participation. A good understanding of politics also gives us an opportunity to learn about people’s beliefs that can reflects culture of the country.

In the following blog, we will introduce some important political information about America and find out how does it help us understand American culture.

Some important political information about USA and how it helps us understand its culture

The separation of three powers is one of the most important political information about the US, which comprise the legislative branch, executive branch and the judicial branch. Senate and House of Representatives in the legislative branch make up the US Congress,

that is responsible for making the laws. The executive branch can enforce the laws, and is attributed to the president. Supreme Court has the right to evaluate the laws in the judicial branch, and there are nine justices in the Supreme Court. What is important is that the three branches all have the power to say “No!” if they do not like the actions or decisions the other branch carries out. At the same time, quarrels may always happen among these branches, because it is widely considered that the American president has the “king power” in the world. Also, arguing can lead to low efficiency.

The three branches of government is independent as well as check and balance. It makes us have a clear and awed mind of American power. The power is just a huge beast that must be caged to avoid being over abused and plays

a necessary role in preventing despotism and safeguarding citizen’s freedom. People can clearly see the importance of freedom, competition and individualism in US culture. It helps US citizen to understand the responsibility of their country. They can be formed about political issues and vote in elections to participate actively in political life. And for people who come from other countries, it is easy to know the history and culture through some important political information about America.