POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Abortion-Rights Movements, Dominant Ideology, Sexting
19 Jan 2018
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Politics: what- anything (ex. freedom: when- as important as what (ex. Prorogued parliament: how- most important, electoral system (ex. First past the post) is very weak (elections not very democratic: who- everyone. Strategic voting- being a green party voter but they will never win, so you vote for conservatives because the race is between conserv and libs and you hate libs. Democracy in canada is taking away peoples freedoms (rep democracy) Direct democracy- no voting referendums and surveys and polls. New thing is centrist- left in something, right on other. Political parties cant have distinct wings anymore or they wont get votes. Democracy- you have to be legitimate to vote in canada. Socialism -today: contemporary liberalism, which is the protection of group rights over individual rights. Fired for it and took it to court. Controversy over him having his rights and those gay people having their rights. ect)
