POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jair Bolsonaro, Montreal Protocol, Social Change
Document Summary
Social change within and beyond social systems. Her family is irish and they came here not as visitors. She grew up when capitalism took down the berlin war. Jair bolsonaro trump of the tropics (won oct 28, 2018) Wants to get rid of environmental laws. During crisis, many factory owners pulled money out of country and left workers with no jobs. Power of stories to change the world. Obama won the popular vote by massive margins. Gave speech about how governments were walking for wall street instead of main street. Did not bring level of change we were hoping for, but. Sometimes governments can be transformative (e. g. montreal protocol) In argentina, people can challenge the laws of private property. Instittutions job to even the playing field and right the wrongs. Trying to weave policies to keep everyone happy. Death of up to 90% of all coral reefs. Hundreds of millions of people impacted by deadly heat or rising waters.
