Political Science 2230E Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Context-Dependent Memory, Dependent And Independent Variables
8 Mar 2018
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Regionalism should be conceptionalized as psychological attachment to people institutions and characteristics of people in given geographical area. Unlikely for single explanation for regional differences. Advances in data collections and computational resources have ushered statistical tools which facilitate analysis based on theoretically driven multilevel conceptionalizations of region. People are a part of many regions simultaneously. Most common definition of region treats formal boundaries of provinces at fault line of regional political tectonics. Some argue regional differences should be institutionalized. Brodie: the problem of equating provinces with regions is that it necessarily conceals the real and widespread manifestations of transprovincial spatial politics. Little consensus on what these transprovincial units of analysis would look like. Confusion on how to divide regions that cut into state. Regional differences can operate independently from formal political boundaries. Level of analysis problem is not solved by abandoning use of province as a proxy for region. Disagreements on regions stem from disagreements on nature of regionalism.
