POLS 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Distinct Society, Canadian Identity, Liberal Democracy

• School: Acadia University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2003
• Professor: gilady

Document Summary

We start with a review of the fundamental values underlying the. Canadian political system, summed up in the phrase political culture . Sets boundaries of what is political in a society. In our type of society which has a liberal culture there are things that are deemed not political such as your private life. One of the functions is that it tells you what is normal political behavior. Form the politicians point of view it is what they are allowed to say. They have couch their language and rhetoric in terms within the boundaries of canada"s political culture. This is the case in every state, politicians cater their language paralleled to that specific society. Case study: support for same sex marriage: is it compatible with canadian values, we rely on the judiciary to resolve issues such as above. Election campaigns are another way to resolve such issues. Every society"s culture is distinctive, having said that canada and.