POLS 205 Study Guide - Final Guide: Thesis Statement, National Energy Program, Path Dependence
12 Oct 2012
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Role of policy analysis in policy-making process. Also, institutional designs are resistant to change. Electoral system: the translation of votes into seats is detrimental to smaller parties, concentrated parties are benefitted, such as the ndp. Federalism: we often forget that federalism is an institution. Fiscal federalism: discrepancy of money between provinces and feds, imbalance of revenues between one level of government versus the other, joint occupancy of tax fields. 2011-04-07: need for coordination, equalization payments are now constitutionally entrenched, joint occupancies of tax fields also have a constitutional basis. Intrastate federalism as well as interstate federalism, and how they relate to each other. Political mobilization was limited until the response of the 1969 white paper: mobilization led to discussion of constitutional renewal. Rewards geographically concentrated and punishes geographically dispersed. Institutions do matter, and are highly resistant to change. Electoral system is highly resistant to change as well: history matters.
