SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Siq, Party System, New Social Movements
23 Sep 2014
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Canada: declining voter turnout and decreased voter cynicism, increasing voter turnout and increased voter cynicism, declining voter turnout and increased voter cynicism, increasing voter turnout and increased partisan attachment, declining voter turnout and increased partisan attachment. Answers & explanations: e (source: ns, ch. 18) the author of ns chapter 18 states that sweden is more democratic than canada, in the sense that the working class is more powerful there than it is here. Even though citizens in both countries have the right to vote and influence government policy, the working class has a greater impact in sweden because it has higher unionization levels. This is an example of power-balance theory, which suggests that even though power is usually controlled by the wealthy, sometimes other classes can exert greater control. Power-balance theory suggests that the distribution of power determines the level of democracy in a country.
