POLS 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Class Consciousness, Nonviolence, Egalitarianism
12 Apr 2016
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Week 4: chapter 11: the canadian political culture. Political culture- the sum total of the politically relevant values, beliefs, attitudes, identities and orientation in society. Also includes the feeling that people have towards the overall political community and feelings of patriotism, nationalism and pride. Hartz formed the fragment theory argued that the dominant values arrived on this continent and reflected the political culture of the country form which they came. According to horowitz the canadian political culture is dominated by liberalism, but is accompanied by significant touches of conservatism and socialism. Lipsets formative events theory states that the dominant values of any society have their foundation in great historical events. Defined as including elements of popular sovereignty, political equality and freedom and majority rule. Means that people have the final say, which is why in large modern political systems they take the form of election at certain specific intervals. Everyone can vote but only once, no more then that.
