PO102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pierre Trudeau, Sarah Palin
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Activity related to influencing, making, or implementing collective decisions for a political community-textbook definition. Political science is a natural thing when people come into groups. Laurier has 5 billion in its fund. Politics is about: there are limited resources (money) but there are many demands! There needs to be a process to decide how these resources get used. When they can"t be solved violent responses can arise. Ex: quebec, people how worked for the government could not wear any religious symbols. The argument was that multiculturalism was not embraced in quebec, if you come to quebec you assimilate-called religious neutrality. Politics is about resolving conflicts over values and world views. Conflict originates over resources and opposing values. In canada we have mechanisms for resolving conflicts and getting things done: At the global level: there is no government. What actors and processes perform the functions of government at the global level. Yes there is the un but it is deficient.
