POLI 222 Lecture : poli sci january 31.odt

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 222
• Professor: Christa Scholtz

Document Summary

It is similar to federalism in that it allows this idea that you can do things differently in certain spaces within a certain political unit. Regionalism becomes a way of addressing diversity, preferences Economics, grain which come from the prairie provinces compared to the timber industry in bc. The prairies is a region because they are more alike than they are different. Our institutions come from the concept of natural boundary. Or possibly regions become institutionalized as such due to political actors. Canadian institutions have a job of managing regional diversity. Regions may also be dependent on time frame experience Boudreau: use territory as an instrument to achieve your goals the creation of a region is not the goal, there has to be a reason besides creating another bureaucracy. Canada: region as a source of cleavage or diversity in this country that must also be managed regionalism is about creating a new territorial arrangement in order to attain political goals.