SOCI 1002H Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Antonio Gramsci, Michel Foucault, Jeremy Bentham
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What is governance: governance includes all the way in which people are encouraged to behave in certain ways (and not in others) Large amounts of people will disagree with one another on moral issues. Even though there is no law dictating that we behave this way, we address certain people (doctors, judges, university professors) by their formal titles and surnames. This affirms that people with titles are more powerful than those addressed by only a first name. Guards can see out, but prisoners cannot see in: 2. The consequences for failing to adhere to expected or prescribed behaviours are also varied and subtle (students skipping school get detention) Who has the right to govern: governance in canada is divided among different forms of government, the federal government (international relations, income and excise tax, the criminal code), municipal governments (local by-laws, parking laws, city streets, property taxes),