Kinesiology 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Active Living

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2250A/B
• Professor: Michael Heine

Document Summary

Politics: processes and procedures of making decisions that affects collections of people, from small groups to societies and even multiple societies that are unified for certain purposes ex) european union, association of physiotherapists. = processes through which power is gained and used in social life. Government: government (cid:498)of the day(cid:499), this refers to the type of government that it currently active in parliament ex) liberal, conservative, ndp. ** tries to represent the values of the nation ex) canada being the nation. The nation: body of people who share a real or imagined common history, culture, language or ethnic origin ex) leafs nation. ** this idea of nation can put in our head what it means to be canadian. This isn"t merely the government; rather it is a complex of institutions including government and the administration. Has must more (cid:498)layers(cid:499) when compared to the government ex) civil service (bureaucracy) etc.