POLS 3960 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Identity Politics
12 Sep 2016
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Wales: london is the capital of england and the capital of the united kingdom; cardiff is the capital of wales; edinburgh is the capital of scotland; belfast is the capital of northern ireland. Scottish referendum september 2014: scotland decided in a referendum to remain apart of the u. k. but the vote was 45% yes and. 55% no this was the closest they have ever come to leaving: question of identity politics and question of finance / economics is similar to canada and. Quebec: welfare state social services provided by the government; healthcare, assistance, child care, united kingdom right wing = small government; left wing = big government. England would better off without the freedom of movement of people. Identities are constructed: language and narrative matter, who are londoners, who are canadians, how do governments speak about ethnicity, concern about impact of migration on united kingdom way of life and identity comes from these types of numbers.
