POG 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: National Energy Program, Liberal Democracy, Canadian Identity
18 Oct 2017
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Pog110 power and influence in canadian politics. Annotated bibliography due february 10th by 11:59pm. Today: canadian identity and diversity, the economy and politics in canada. State: interrelated set of (political) institutions that govern a society. Nation: a historical community, occupying a given territory or homeland, and sharing a distinct language and culture. Nation-state: a state in which the population shares a single (majority) ethnic culture: advantage: easier to govern (people share culture, language, history, disadvantage: nationalism, does not accurately describe many countries in the world. Multination state: a state that contains more than one nation. Polyethnic state: a state that contains many ethnic groups. Classical liberalism: an ideological perspective based on a belief in a minimal role for government, leaving individuals free to pursue their interests and follow their own beliefs as long as they do not seriously harm others. Ethnic nation: a community with a distinctive culture and history, which operates solely for the benefit of that cultural group.
