SOC 2312 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Global Justice Movement, October Crisis, Pierre Trudeau

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2312
• Professor: sawan

Document Summary

Single consistent aspect of states in history is their monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory . Tendency towards more violence in states that contain weak" or oppressively strong" state institutions. First adopted in 1914 and continues in force through 1920 during wwi: internment of canadians of german, ukrainian, and slavic descent. During wwii 1939-1945: internment of japanese canadian confiscation of their property. October crisis in 1970 in response to kidnappings by the flq, pm pierre. Trudeau instituted the act and stationed armed soldiers and military vehicles in. Tactic escalation resulting in violence by the sate and/o the public: aboriginal protest example: 1990 oka crisis, quebec sovereignty, global justice movement example: g20 protests. The permission to use violence as a means of dominating power negotiations is, in a sense, granted to state leaders by the state institutions themselves .