Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Nationalism, Central Canada, Official Multilingualism

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Caroline Dick

Document Summary

We move from discussing political instutins to discussing people. The state ultimately has to decide whose claims will be recognized and who"s will be rejected: politics involves the recognition of some groups and rejection of others. Inevitably touch on certain issues, policy choices of the state confer recognition on certain groups: not just talking about identity recognition - talking about the distribution of politics. Since that time we have had retreated requests that they be recognized as a. Trudeau tried to endorse the idea that each individual is deserving of recognition through the multiculturalism act. It matters because the existence of these difference cleavages show how complex social, culture, and political interests making demands on the state, that the state has to try and respond to. They give rise to different understandings of the very basis of the political community.