POLB50Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Modernization Theory, North American Free Trade Agreement
25 Feb 2014
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Too little and there is no democracy at all. There is a sweet spot in the middle. In the civic culture, almond and verba famously argue that democracy operates in the middle-of-the-road between these extremes; In decline to deference, nevitte argues that canadian political culture is changing in the direction of direct participation and less deference: canadian public opinion has undergone a profound change over a past. Value changes few decades: gay and lesbian rights, women"s rights, ethnicity and. Institutions are rules that structure the relationships between individuals. The charter of rights and freedoms refers to the first 34 sections of the ca 1982. Does this legal document effect public opinion: people attach themselves to groups. The charter creates and/or empowers groups of canadians as well, and turns these groups into politically salient ones: post-materialism is rooted from the hierarchy of needs. It is a modernization theory to some extent.
