POLS 1000 Chapter 2: Chapter 2
10 Mar 2017
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Explaining ideas and institutions: fragment theory: the role of formative events, and economic explanations. Fragment theory: european parents and cultural genes: those who chose to immigrate to the new world or who were forced to, did not represent a cross section of the european society from which they came. Economic structures and political ideas: an economic interpretation explains culture and the institutions that embody and perpetuate it as the products of class relations. Example of quebec: as recently as the 50s, dominant ideology in french speaking quebec was traditionally religious and conservative. Community: the roots of this preoccupation with national identity go back to the conquest and the. 5: assignment to provinces of jurisdiction over education and property, civil rights, and local matters was shaped by quebec politician"s insistence on control over those matters involving cultural differences. 7: on the face of it, freedom does not indeed appear to occupy a more central place in.
