POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Barack Obama
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Politics allows for a change to happen over time and space (around the world) Change around the world happens because of activism happening in politics. Ex: the images above demonstrate examples of change over time attributable to politics. A racist ad for paint created sometime in the 1950s beside an image of. Barrack obama 65 years later elected as president, demonstrates a change over time in how people viewed black people. A sexist ad for women created also sometime in the 1950s beside an image of hillary clinton, who is now running for president, exempli es a change in how society views women today. Politics also explains why things are different from area to area. Ex: same-sex marriage rights different between country to country and state to state. The change across space and time is attributable to politics.
