SOAN 2290 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Lower Canada, Distinct Society, Caving

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2290
• Professor: Cecil Foster

Document Summary

Intro: sovereignty: the exercise of exclusive and final authority over land, peoples, rules, and all legal political matters within a strictly bounded territory. Quebec: province or peoples: federalism: a political arrangement with a relatively well-defined division of jurisdiction and authority between the center and the subunits. Involved 2 levels of governance: one level is concerned with the country as a whole, and the other level is concerned with provinces. Federalism provides a working framework for a shared unity without sacrificing local and regional differences: quebec is historically part of canada"s federalist system, the constitution act of 1867 established federalism as a framework for balancing conflict interests. Canada as a contract: the canada as a contract model envisions canada as a federalist system of 10 equal provinces under a central authority in ottawa, a contract exists between the provinces and the federal government.