POLS 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: John Stuart Mill, Deliberative Democracy, Dominate
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Chapter 5 political participation and civic engagement. Canadians enjoy the right to freely express their views about political issues, and to pursue their political goals through various means. An increasingly popular way for people to express their opinions is through cyber-activism political activism that employs online communications tools such as websites, emails, blogs, and social networking services. Interest groups raise awareness of an issue and communicate the group"s view to government officials in a bid to influence their decisions. The beauty of democracy is that people can get as involved in political affairs as they want. People who get involved tend to be older, better educated, and more affluent than non- participants. Canada, the us, great britain, and france have seen more and more protest activity over the past few decades: cyber-activism is also gaining in popularity in canada and around the world.