POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Totalitarianism, Western Alienation In Canada, Direct Democracy
20 May 2014
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A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. Everybody at certain age has the right to vote. Realistic possibility that voters could replace the government. Basic rights of freedoms has to be protected. Method through which people acquire information about politics. Process by which (canadian) society passes on basic ideas to each other. Every country has distant political culture based on its history. Reflects attitudes and beliefs of that society. Cognitive (what you know about politics, government, etc) Evaluation (are they doing what we expect?) Readings in barker textbook: canadian political culture vs. american political culture: argument is that we"re just americans who live further north, differences b/w canada and us. Fewer people attending religious institutions in canada. Us started out as a revolutionary society back in 1800"s. Canada did not and it is a counter-revolutionary society. Canada is much more european and more immigrants.
