POLS 211 Study Guide - Nimby, Enumerated Powers, Victoria Charter
23 Sep 2013
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Institutions a response to crisis ie. imf. Institutions created in accordance to the practices of the day; power dynamics within institutions ie. student government, universities. Democracy, liberalism judicial protection of individual rights, capitalism trade-offs. Financial services replaced non-financial services in canada, extractive economy (oil) economic trade-offs ie. between extractive and manufacturing sectors. Equality of something: status, opportunity, individual, etc. Representation by population problem pre-confederation for french. Canada, which had a smaller population than ontario at the time; result was. Popular sovereignty ideal grafted into what is officially a monarchy in. Divided government differences across provinces in terms of policy and popular opinion. Individual rights canadians trust judges more than politicians; americans trust neither. Often forget the importance of economy in politics: parties in canada not class-based (converse to europe) Different regional industries ie. employment opportunities not equal across ontario; population grows in places with jobs available. A major way to accommodate cultural diversity through federalism.
