POLS 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Hegemony, Political Psychology, Path Dependence
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Chapter 1-approaching the study of politics pages 3-17. Poli ics is he prac ice of a emp ing o infl ence he decisions of a collec ive o ac or no o ac in a par ic lar manner - Democracy: means ha canada has a sys em of governmen designed o in egra e he expressed wishes of he governed today"s governmen o increasing effor in o seeking o he views of. Cer ain similari ies o an advocacy gro p, a poli ical par y is differen in i s a emp o win vo es in elec ions. socie y is charac erized by m ch diversi y, incl ding many in ernal divisions Deep and persis en divisions in socie y, s ch as hose involving region, e hnici y, lang age and religion become poli icized.