AHSS*1140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Federalism, Globalism, Political Spectrum
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Through issues (senate scandal, refugee crisis, climate change, the oil industry, the dollar) How does government work? (impact on policing, courts, education etc) Politics - who gets what, when, and how -harold laswell. A political system can be designated as those interactions through which values are authoritatively allocated for a society. -john locke. Definition: a set of institutions that make and enforce collective, public decisions. Government is (1) everywhere (2) multiple (3) necessary. Bureaucracy: organization that implements government policy. Public administration: way in which governments conduct themselves through bureaucratic processes, a discipline and a practice. Ideologies: body of ideas used in support of an economic, political or social theory, Ideologies are strongly held beliefs that guide us. Direct democracy in which people have a direct say in matters of the state. Representative democracy in which people appoint representatives to speak for them in matters of the state.
