POL214Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Post-Scarcity Economy, Cultural Diversity, Consumerism
Document Summary
Socio-economic setting: a systems approach to pol, three fault lines, material well being, equality, quality of life. Criticisms: too theoretical / non-historical / too vague. Three enduring fault lines: french-english divide, canadian-american relationship, regionalism. Some new fault lines: gender, aboriginal rights, environment, cultural diversity (multiculturalism) Older fading fault lines: protestant vs catholic, rural vs urban. Materialist values: materialist, physical, and economic individual values e. g. , security (emphasis on material luxuries a consumerism) Post-materialist values: values of self-expression, autonomy, freedom of speech, gender equality, environmentalism (post- scarcity)
