POL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Capital, Civic Engagement, List Of Political Parties In Canada

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

Document Summary

Civil society between the state and the private sphere. The realm of organized social life that is voluntary, self generating, largely self supporting, autonomous from the state, and bound by a legal roger or set of shared rules. Church, student groups, sports, etc: voluntary (state is not telling you xyz) Citizen run and organized > rules within themselves: payment of dues, abiding by code, etc. Civic engagement a set of activities in the community, such as joining a voluntary organization, volunteering for the organization, giving financial donations to charitable causes etc. The more civically engaged a community is, the more democratic that society will be. Strong and vibrant: teaches skills which can translate to participation in democracy trust, come together for the same end, canada = high levels of civic engagement, civil societies make demands from a democratic government for inclusion and equality. The state becomes more responsive to the citizens, the more civil societies there are.