SOC102H1 Chapter Notes -Wage War, Economic Globalization, Ethnic Nationalism
Document Summary
This chapter is about war and terrorism, conflict and combat, soldiers and civilians. At no point in recorded history has there been a complete absence of conflict between human groups. It seems as though when societies form, wars inevitably occur. Thus, warfare and violent conflict appear to be a human universal, at least to some degree. Canadians go to war only when they are pushed into it, usually by loyalty to a close ally like britain, as occurred during both world wars. The role of the state- in canada, the military has rarely played an important role in state decision-making. This political organization helps to explain why canada engages in war less often than, say, the us, with its highly developed military. Ideology a systemof beliefs that explains how society is, or should be; any system of ideas underlying and informing political action. In a marxist sense, ideological ideas justify and legitimate subordination of one group to another.
