POL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Party System, Neoliberalism, Provincial Rights Party
15 Dec 2016
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Cadre: small group of individuals largely responsible for party progress. Militia: only in canada in quebec in late. Ideologically driven; not looking to win elections. In the 18th and 19th centuries printing presses were sacred and were used by individuals in lower and middle classes to express their opinions. Political parties are meant to be representative vehicles that link people with the state. Expected to represent individuals values in policy making. Canada in the 1990"s witnessed deficit and tax breaks. Given the severity of budget cuts, all parties had to deal with poverty. All of them bought into the idea of reducing the deficit by providing tax breaks. We have begun approaching our problems in a neoliberal way. In 1850, the only country with a political party was the usa. They had to educate the republic and wanted to organize the elector. In britain, ministers assured majorities by buying the votes of mp"s: the procedure was semi-official.
