POL214Y1 Lecture 1: POL214 Lec1 (winter)
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David easton; a systems analysis of political life (cid:862)a political system can be designated as those interactions thru which values are authoritati(cid:448)el(cid:455) allo(cid:272)ated. (cid:863) Support for a policy, election result i. e. output(symbolic): This is a model, not reflecting reality of canadian politics. What we had was a large french population and small english speaking. 400 merchants came up from ny [when it was part of the british empire] Canada was a colony of french, then colony of britain. In 20th century, people believes canada might become colony of united. States due to its independence and colony absorption. If english canadians are also worried about cultural of impact of u. s, what is canadian culture: they are not americans. 2 e. g. pei, more of a policy receiver than a policy maker not a lot of history but a lot of geography, regional differences, diversities (some new fault lines) Environment: climate change was unheard of when prof was in college.