PAP 2300 Chapter Notes -Louis Hartz, North American Free Trade Agreement, Continentalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Public Administration
• Course: PAP 2300
• Professor: Frank Ohemeng

Document Summary

Politics is different than other forms of conflict resolution and co-operation: issues have public nature and public authority is used to settle them. Referendum: results generally binding on government (plebiscite: not binding on government: some include administrative officials and judges as well as politicians. Constitutional limits on power of the state (ex. Consitution) so that majority rule doesn"t achieve ends that are antidemocratic (against minority: guaruntees that there are instituions in place through which the will of the people can be realized (ex. Parliament: lacks commitment to economic or social equality, economic democracy. Socialists argue that political equality without economic equality is a sham. Becomes preserve of the rich, majority toil with little time or opportunity to affect political system. Marxist: any system within the framwwork of capitalism is unequal. Because capitalism divides society into classes with upper capitalist exploiting lower working class (minority exploits, majority)