SOC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nuclear Warfare, New Imperialism, Economic Globalization
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State is set of public organizations that make and enforce decisions binding every member of society (i. e. authoritarian state) incl. elected gov"t, civil service, courts, police, military. In canada war rarely played important role in state decision making b/c of political (esp. ), bureaucratic and economic elites (decentralized leadership = less war like) Ideology a system of beliefs that explains how society is or should be, any system of ideas underlying and informing political action. In marxist sense, ideological ideas justify and legitimate subordination of one group over another: rebirth of religion cause communism to decline (chirstian us, jewish- israel, islam- pakistan, iran, etc) In canada multicultural, no strong ideological belief/religion (some say conservatives leaning to christianity) The role of the state global economic interdependence scientific and technological change drive change key actors in global economy are built or corporate entities, esp. multinational corperatons (gm) cultures and politics are polycentric.
