Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Market Economy, State Ownership, Individualism

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Cristinede Clercy

Document Summary

Main ideas in politics: interests, ideas and institutions. Political economy: reflects where political science came from in canada. The core of this approach: the study of the state, canadian state, the market, canadian market, each country places different emphasis on these things. Argue it privileges some members of society over others: de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272)ally la(cid:271)o(cid:396)e(cid:396)s a(cid:396)e supposed to ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)o(cid:396)e po(cid:449)e(cid:396, there are more laborers than business owners. State: ambiguous concept - over 150 definitions of what the state is, we will focus on one = authority, deifing the state based on authority, the state alone has a monopoloy of the use of legitimate coercion. 3 sources: citizens or independently wealthy, citizens with strong ideological or cultural predispositions that question authority of the state, citizens who feel there is a sense of injustice = unfair. Focus on perfection and improving the state of capitalism in canada: production not consumed by the producers but is sold for profit.