Political Science 2230E Final: December Exam Notes

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Trying to identify various causes and effects: nationalism produces a variety of outcomes. What is nationalism: citizenship: a tool we use to legally include individuals, must meet the legal requirements established by the state, give up our allegiance towards other institutions so that canada is the priority, ex. Imposed by elites: elites try to exercise control, ex. Justin trudeau focuses on gender and indigenous relations vs. harper focused on the military. Indigenous peoples needed to be assimilated to be a part of the industrial wealth of the country: remained strong until the world wars, they wanted to become independent from britain, british empire. Wwi to wwii: the economic depression questioned the identity that was so attached to britain. The caring-sharing canadian: social citizenship, no longer imperial citizenship, welfare state. The entrepreneurial canadian: stagflation: the high levels of unemployment. Summary: nationalism as a socially constructive narrative, english canadian homogeneity.