POLS 211 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canadian Citizenship Act 1946, British Columbia Treaty Process, Constitution Act, 1982
8 Dec 2016
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Force people to do what is wanted to be done. Being able to get people to do things because they think you have the right to tell them what to do. There is relationship of this authority power between coercion, state is legitimate when it has the monopoly use of coercion/force. Able to exert power when able to convince someone to do something that they wouldn"t otherwise do. Democracy gives certain rights and privileges, giving us access to making decisions. Looking at institutions of canadian state to begin to understand the political outcomes both good and bad. Written and unwritten that document/shape how political decisions are made: normative, questions of whether institutions are good or bad, explanatory, look at institutions for explanations, sociological, focus on relationship between society and institution. If a government tried to break a constitutional rule it would critically jeopardize its legitimacy. We have the right to recall them, supreme court upholds constitutional law.
