POLS 202- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 41 pages long!)
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No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Niall nebit: theories of political culture, fragment theory (louis hartz): colonized societies such as canada originate as. Interest articulation: if the university doubled tuition rates in response to provincial cutbacks to post- secondary education funding, how would you respond, students could drop out in protest of the raise in tuition. Afterwards use petitions and protesting to get more attention from the government. Then speak with your votes at the next elections. Interest group systems: pluralist interest group system, most common in a democracy, open to competition within groups, funding is often what they compete for, neo-corporatist interest group systems. Is your group cohesive, do the members work together. Is there any conflicts of divisions in the group: organizational skills. Is there a structure to the group: leadership, one dominant individual that brings the group together, nature of the issue.
