POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Egale Canada, National Citizens Coalition, Corporatism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1400
• Professor: Nanita Mohan

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Recommended to read the civic engagement chapter in textbook. Cyberactivism: political activism that employs online communications tools such as websites, emails, blogs, and social networks; the increasing influence of social networking sites has increased this trend tre(cid:373)e(cid:374)dousl(cid:455). The re(cid:272)e(cid:374)t (cid:862)me too(cid:863) (cid:272)a(cid:373)paig(cid:374) is a(cid:374) e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple. Civic engagement: a set of activities in the community such as joining a voluntary organization, volunteering, helping others directly, donating to a charity. Two types of civic engagement: social capital: the networks, norms of generalized reciprocity, and trust that foster coordination and cooperation for mutual benefit. Bonding: only bond with a homogenized group, occurs when people are not comfortable with people from outside groups (more popular in us: volunteerism: volunteerism is lower in canada than some developing country. High school students are often against their mandatory 40 hours. Pei and saskatchewan have the high volunteer rates. Recent university graduates and religious groups volunteer the most.