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What is a political issue?

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involves a decision on part of society to act in a particular way.

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What is politics?

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  • is the practice of attempting to influence collective decisions.
  • cannot please everyone at the same time.
  • arises out of scarcity
  • rival claims are settled by public authorities.
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What is a nation?

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politically conscious and mobilized group of people. special relationship

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What is a citizen?

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a formal member of a nation/state.
- has specific rights

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What is sovereign?

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  • highest authority figure
    final authority rests on national gov.
    independence from Britain
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What is Legitimacy?

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Government’s powers to make binding decisions (raising taxes, legal system) authority

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What are policies?

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broad-based patterns of gov. actions (lower taxes)

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What are institutions?

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established orgs. that are public in nature (courts, police…)

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Difference between politicians and bureaucrats?

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Politicians: determine the direction government goes. make policies decisions
Bureaucrats: implement policy decisions. works for government

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What is the government?

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  • set of institutions that make and enforce collective, public decisions for a society.
  • authority to make decisions.
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Difference between state and government?

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Government: more focused on elected bodies (prime minister)
State: larger political community (courts, police, armed forces…)

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Private Sector?

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functions separately than government (best buy) profit businesses.
- hire people and sell things
- salesperson, factory worker… for profit

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Public Sector?

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  • government steps in to help us
  • police, universities, public schools, hospitals, service Canada
  • work for government
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What is power?

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ability of one actor to impose will on other
- government imposes taxes and have enforcement mechanism

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What is authority?

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have right to make decisions (police can arrest)

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What is jurisdiction?

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Ultimate authority to make decisions

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What is legislative power?

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use legislature to make laws

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What is executive power?

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enforce laws

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What is judicial power?

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power to interpret law (final say by judge)

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Public service values? (How government should work)

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  • public interest ( goal of gov)
  • Political neutrality: not political. motivated by best decision
  • efficiency, cannot be override concern (greater good)
  • responsiveness: reactive to what is going on.
  • fair and equitable manner
  • integrity (honesty)
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What is Politics-Administration Dichotomy?

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separate lengths.
- politicians come up with the big picture and bureaucracy makes the work
- politicians have so much more involvement today

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Anonymity vs. Ministerial Responsibility?

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people who work in bureaucrats work anonymously

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What is a Regime?

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form of government and underlying political principles that provide the basis for that form of government.
who rules and why group of rulers

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What is democracy?

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ruled by the people

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What is direct democracy?
people have direct say in matters of state
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What is representative democracy?
people appoint representatives to speak for them in matters of state.
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What is parliamentary democracy?
variation of representative democracy
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What is liberal democracy?
small ideologically liberal. democratic values. needs of individuals with needs of society= balance.
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What is ideology?
worldview. ideas about politics what we want/expect from government
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Left, Right, Centre Ideology spectrum?
Left: change, collectivist. more faith in government, participation. wants the government to be big to look out for people. Right: individualistic, conservative. what happens to individuals is because of their efforts. government is too expensive and screws things up. government to be smaller. Centre: goes for what is right (Liberals)
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What is liberalism ideology?
- liberty - individualism - equality - reason - competition
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What is conservatism ideology?
- order -community -hierarchy - tradition - cooperation
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Authoritarian vs Libertarian?
Authoritarian: more control less freedom Libertarian: more freedom less control.
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What is divisions or cleavages?
deep, persistent division in society that has significant implications for political system - Quebec vs rest of Canada, West vs East, Rural vs. Urban vs. Suburban, Indigenous vs non-Indigenous.
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What is Regionalism?
- Mackenzie King: some countries have too much history, too much geography - increase the political power - through provinces - geographic approach - imagined communities - dependency theory
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What is Populism?
- theory that extends notion of democracy beyond election - work from bottom up - major political decisions should be made by people - can be left or right wing (mostly right wing)
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What is Western alienation?
disconnection many Canadians in Wester provinces feel to the rest of Canada
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Urban Canada?
Canada is one of the most urbanized countries in the world. 75% of us live in cities. Urban Canada--> liberal ideology. - economy relies more on financial, health, education
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Rural Canada?
- over-represented in parliament. - economy depends more on mining, forestry
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Canadian Political Culture?
- sum total of political beliefs in a country attitudes, beliefs, and values that underpin system - safer countries, better police, fairer courts than other countries. - Democratic values - Popular sovereignty (vote for people to represent us) - political equality - political freedom - traditionally: conservative, collective - now: change, less confident in gov.
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balance between individualism and collectivism?
- everyone should be free to do as they choose - society--> benefited as a whole by collective actions
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Formative events theory? Seymour Martin Lipset
- US develops out of a revolution while Canada out of a counter-revolution - maintain ties with Great Britain and monarchy. class consciousness.
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Staples Theory? Harold Innis
- develop as a country that exports natural resources raw material to products/
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Fragment Theory? Louis Hartz
Canada founded by European immigrants, representing European civilization. - congealment which leads to tolerant. political community which allowed other ideas.
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Canada vs US?
Canada: less individualistic, community, freedom, equality, attitudes towards state.

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