SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Symbolic Interactionism, Social Constructionism, World-Systems Theory
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Canada is an especially unwarlike nation: canadian forces are few, little funded and equipped with old aircraft, ships, vehicles and weapons. Canadians only go to war when they are pushed into it. War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out the same by other means". State: set of public organizations that make and enforce decisions binding every member of society. Includes elected government, civil service, courts, police and military. Military has never played an important role in canadian state decision making: we are likely to have difficulty mobilizing the will and the assets to wage wardecentralized leadership is less likely to be warlike. Decentralized leadership is less likely to be warlike. Ideology: a system of beliefs that explains how society is, or should be; any system of ideas underlying and informing political action.
