POLS 3130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Indictable Offence, Quebec Superior Court, Youth Criminal Justice Act
28 Nov 2016
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Politics is about making decisions that distribute resources, such as how money should go to health care, education, national defence, about creating rules. Politics focuses on two interrelated subjects: the process surrounding the making of decisions, the outcome of the decision making process. In a representative democracy, the theory is citizens vote for representatives who then make their decisions. In many democracies, including canada constitutional rights place constraints on decision makers. The various theories in political science attempt to explain or even predict political outcomes. Some theories propose that outcomes reflect the interests of the social elite, while others say it is a competition among groups and political parties. Decisions made by public authorities across areas like health care, education, local zoning involve political choices. Ex: illicit drug use. outlawing drugs creates a black market and gang violence. Classical natural /law theory - a law to be valid has to be morally permissible.
