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Week 11 elections and the electoral systems chapter 11. Voters can play a role in shaping the future direction of the country by choosing the party who

Representative democracy: a form of democracy in which citizens select others to act on their behalf, don"t affect the political process directly. Elec

Week 10: interest groups, social movements and lobbyists chapter 10. Interest groups: organizations that pursue the common interest of groups of people

Week 10: interest groups and social movements november 12, 2012. An organization that pursue the common interests of groups of people, particularly by

The canadian elections act underscores the primary role as electoral machines. Political party: an organization that endorses one or more of its member

State institutions institution that are related to the constitution. Political institutions structure democratic expression within states, closely rela

Week 8 readings: canadian diversity chapter 1. In the early 1970"s only 10% of the world"s states could be considered nation states. Nation state: a st

Rule of law: the principle that individuals should be subject only to known, predictable, and impartial rules, rather than to arbitrary orders of those

Lecture 7- the judicial system october 24th, 2012. Section 91 (federal government) criminal law, penitentiaries. Section 92 (provincial government) the

In july 2009, canada"s privacy commissioner, jennifer stoddart, took up their complaint and launched an investigation, which found twenty of their alle

Pierre trudeau said that liberal backbenchers were trained seats , political power has shifted from parliament to the executive, does this mean that th

Week 5: the legislature: house of commons and senate. Quiz- fiscal federalism & on, the executive, the legislature. Important: fusion of powers between

Executive is the oldest branch of government. Modern history is one attempting to bind political executives to democratic impulses, as mediated by parl

Lecture 4: the executive crown, prime minister and cabinet. These come to us because of the similar to that in the principle of the british government

Week 3 readings: chapter 4 the federal system. Dec 23,2004 premier of newfoundland danny williams ordered the canadian flag removed from all provincial

Political organization in which the activities of government are divided between regional governments and a central government in such a way that each

Week 2 readings: chapter 3 the charter of rights and freedoms. Henry morgentaler, women should have the right to safe abortion. At the time could resul

Week 2: the charter of rights and freedoms. Entitlements that citizens can claim against the state and other citizens. Help to point out the things tha

Week 1 readings: chapter 2 the constitution and constitutional change. Meech lake accord was a response to quebec"s demands for constitutional change a

Week 1: the constitution and constitutional change: branches of government, levels of government (division of power, state and the people. The fundamen

Week 7: social conflict theories - february 28th, 2012. Socieites" defintion of a behaviour at a given time and place that determines whether behaviour

Society: people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture. Socio-cultural evolution: changes that occur as a society gains new technology

Socialization: refers to the lifelong social experience by which people develop their human potential and learn culture. Personality: a persons fairly

Week 5: biological and psychological theories of crime: february 7th-9th 2012.  the application of the scientific method to the study of the human con

Criminal behaviours used to be blamed on a force of evil , spirits. Spirit possessions were seen to be a primary cause of much anti-social behavior. Im

New perspective during the 19th century conceived human behavior to be determined by forces beyond the control of the individual. Crime was seen as beh

 employ critical reflection skills to identify and evaluate assumptions that inform our understanding of crime, criminal behaviour, and crime control

The ways of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together shape a people s way of life. Nonmaterial culture: the ideas created b

They have adapted to the harsh environment and weather, 30-40 degrees below 0. Family sleeps together between caribou skins on a platform of snow. Ever

Criminal behaviours used to be blamed on a force of evil , spirits. Spirit possessions were seen to be a primary cause of much anti-social behavior. Im

Society: people who interact in a defined territory and share a culture. Socio-cultural evolution: changes that occur as a society gains new technology

Basics of sociological investigation: apply the sociological perspective, be curious and ask questions. In order to answer our questions, there are man

Science: a logical system that bases knowledge on direct systematic observation. Empirical evidence: information we can verify with our senses. 6 state

Sociological perspective: seeing the general in the particular. Sociologists: identify general patterns in the behavior of particular individuals. Soci

Seeing the general in the particular (peter berger coined) Sociologists identify general social patterns in the behaviour of particular individuals. Gi

Video: myth of the liberal media-the propaganda model of news edward. Herman and noam chomsky have developed a comprehensive framework for understandin