POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Civic Nationalism, Direct Democracy, Ethnic Nationalism
1 Mar 2017
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Identity can be based on race, religion, language, history, ethnicity. Quebec - speaks french while the rest of canada speaks english (quebec wants to be a french province, but as long as they are part of canada they have to have english school programs) Political symbols or political ideas bind them together (united states - multicultural society - everyone identifies with america and the american dream - identification with the system rather than race) Too much or too little nationalism can both be a problem. Too little - nobody identifies - difficult to govern. Origin of word is greek - demos (people) Oldest form is direct democracy and newest form is representative democracy. People had direct control over government decisions. Modern examples - referendum (people are asked what they want) Citizen"s initiative - people can demand that government pose a question. Recall - people can remove somebody from office. Britain - 1600s - rise of parliament.
