PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pierre Trudeau, Public Safety Canada, Civil Liberties
28 Sep 2016
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Thus far, core concepts covered from chapters 1/2: Politics, government, democratic government, power, authority (traditional, charismatic, rational-legal), coercion, influence, legitimacy, state, sovereignty, nation-state, international system, institutions, values. Canada is not a nation state because everybody has different identities and when we started out it was 2 nations (identities) coming together- the. Provide security for its citizens (from in and outside attacks) ex. Homeland security for us for preventing terrorism since 9/11 and public safety canada in. Government also needs to provide conflict-resolution in which citizens can peacefully disagree- divorce. Adjudicate disputes, according to commonly held values of a society. Government has no business in the bedroom pierre elliott trudeau. For participation in politics, protection of fundamental rights, support of national and regional institutions. All of these things, a state needs to be able to do fundamentally. Monetary system, infrastructure (to move goods around), market regulations.
