POL214Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Canadian Alliance, Western Alienation In Canada, Populism
28 Jan 2019
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Political identity based on a shared sense of a place. Describes phenomenon of power provincial governments using the various constitutional, legal, and taxation levers available to them to strengthen their control over activities and interests within provincial borders. Cross-border regions a distinct grouping of neighbouring and nearby provinces and. Populism states with economic, cultural, and institutional links that create commonalities between members of canada-us group and distinguish it from other regions. The general population should have as many chances as possible to participate directly in political decision-making. Favour recall votes to remove unfaithful public officials. Parties that have arisen out of dissatisfaction with the operation of brokerage politics in canada. Intergovernmental conflict: federal-provincial power has gone back and forth from ottawa to provinces since. Canadian politics: persistence of differences in economic interests and social characteristics of regions. Mapping regionalism in canada: three principle ways of determining boundaries of regions.
