POLS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: October Crisis, Cultural Hegemony, Pierre Trudeau

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1000
• Professor: Dr.Stephen Brooks

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Exams are not directly cumulative (knowledge may carry over but not actively) Do m/c from oup canada, but short answer from book & (cid:449)e(cid:271)site (cid:449)o(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:271)e o(cid:374) e(cid:454)a(cid:373) Exam is a mix of m/c & short answer. Slides (1&2 on the 8th, 3-5 on the 10th) Chapter 1: an introduction to political life: 1) conflicting sentiments. Cynicism, mistrust, apathy; (refer to angus-reid survey of career respectability) A(cid:374)s(cid:449)er: the i(cid:374)e(cid:448)ita(cid:271)le (cid:858)(cid:373)essi(cid:374)ess(cid:859) of de(cid:373)o(cid:272)rati(cid:272) politi(cid:272)s: 2) the nature of political interaction. Democratic politics is messy; somewhat unclear what is democratic and what is not. Will not be black and white in a pluralistic society. Politics arises from the fact of scarcity. See definition of politics in box 1. 1. These definitions differ in terms of the scope and biases of politics. Public and private realms: political conflict is in large measure about where to draw the line: 4) power. Coercion (force) influence (persuasion) and authority (compliance because of internalized norms)