POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Classical Liberalism, English Canada, Capitalism
Document Summary
Political culture: ideologies, values and institutions, ideology: a set of interrelated beliefs about how society is organized and how it ought to function. English-speaking canada and french-speaking canada: general personality traits appear in an individual"s political ideas and actions, political ideas are usually categorized as left-wing, right-wing or centre/moderate. Right-wing in anglo-american societies means you tend towards a more individualist society where one"s own decisions determine one"s opportunities. Explaining ideas and institutions: explanations of canadian"s political ideas and of the institutions that embody them can be grouped in three ways. Economic explanations: fragment theory: european parents and cultural genes. Canada was founded by european immigrants from europe which means its roots and values stem from those in europe. Social classes were underrepresented as the wealthy tended to stay in europe and people immigrated in waves. Societies are marked by major historical events which are called formative events. In politics, formative events are associated with ideas and institutions.
