POL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Capital, Youth Vote In The United States, Voting Age

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 102
• Professor: All

Document Summary

: voluntary associations and non-governmental organizations that bring people together to achieve a common goal: between the state & private realm, all the things that encounter your engagement with other people, examples: a soccer team, joining the church. Realm of social life - voluntary, self generating, self supporting, autonomous from state & bound by set shared of rules . Civic engagement & democracy: high levels of civic engagement are assumed to contribute strong democracies. Skills built in civic engagement translate to participation in democracy. Civil society makes demands on government for inclusion & equity: but many worry that strong civil society and culture of civic engagement in canada does not seem to translate into democratic participation. Political participation: refers to the actions people the to raise awareness about political issues, in uence the selection of government personnel, and to shape the laws & policies that affect their lives, participation takes on many forms.