POL224Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Proletariat, Starbucks, Glocalization
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Economic: more trade, foreign investment, financial flows, mnc"s. End of soviet union made us only superpower. If so can states enforce their will within their borders. Counter; religious fundamentalism is still at large, anti-globalization. Ex. innocence of muslims, pakistani government gives its citizens a day to protest the video. Canada has never been sovereign in its economic-political decisions. Always been influenced by france, britain, and america. Eurozone countries have lost much of their sovereignty. Canada has been a large country subject to external international pressures since its founding. Diversity within canada presents pressures from within the state as well. Many states are becoming increasingly effected by internal tensions like canada has always experienced. Exercise sovereignty over a defined territory backed by a monopoly of violence. Consist of government and their organizations in a complex relation. What happens in and to this entity is the subject of political science. Does not include state redistribution: a civil society.
