SOCI 1002H Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Individual And Group Rights
26 Feb 2017
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Separated at birth: canadian and american culture (pg. Belief that canada and the us are becoming more similar. They are actually becoming increasingly different from one another. Canadians have started to distance themselves from traditional authority. Greater proportion of americans are clinging to old institutions family, Canadians are coming to define a new sociological (cid:498)postmodernity(cid:499) Americans have not found security and stability in their social environment. Everyday, both canadians and americans are driving cars, consuming too characterized by multiple, flexible roles and identities. Differences to exist much energy and water, spending a little less time with their nuclear families, working, etc. Canadians are far les likely than americans to agree with the statement, (cid:498)the father of the family must be master in his own home. (cid:499) The once shy and deferential canadians have become more sceptical of traditional authority and more confident about their own personal decisions and informal arrangements.
