POLS 212 Study Guide - Final Guide: Third-Wave Feminism, Grandfather Clause, The Strongest
17 Apr 2013
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Cleavage: a concept used in political science, and other disciplines like sociology, to explore how society is divided into groups. They are deep and persistent divisions in society and are used to describe, among other things, voting behaviour. Figure 1. 1: a model of the political system. Five approaches can help interpret different aspects of the canadian political system: pluralist, public choice, class analysis, state-centered, globalization. Public choice approach: also known as the rational choice approach, arguably the dominant approach in political science. Are provincial identities a product of strong provincial governments? (cairns 1977) There are 6 main regions in canada: ontario, quebec, the atlantic provinces, the prairies, british columbia, the north. Regional economic differences can be observed in the following three areas: primary industries (raw materials, secondary industries (manufacturing, tertiary industries (services) National energy program (1980: emergency policy introduced in the wake of the 1970s energy crisis by liberal federal government. http://www. cbc. ca/archives/categories/economy-business/energy/striking-oil-in- alberta/lougheed-retaliates. html.
