AHSS*1130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Charismatic Authority, Radical Change, Temporality
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Define nation-states and analyze the different types of states. Come to understand the role of ideology and hegemony in social and political life. Identify the causes, functions, and consequences of social movements. Establish a connection between politics and social movements. Movies can be considered political to the extent that it can promote a particular ideology. Ideology is a kind of belief or perception that powerfully motivates people to challenge the social order or, more often, to go along with it. Politics can be thought of as the processes, collectively, by which an ideology is spread. Politics often goes hand in hand with power. Canada constituted to have a decentralized polity; health, welfare, education allotted to provincial/territorial government leading to ongoing gov"t dispute over taxing rights/ jurisdictional responsibilities. Profound variation between regions with different demographics engaged in different kinds of productive activity. Frequent conflict between french (quebec) and english canada.
