CANADIAN POLITICS

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CANADIAN POLITICS

• NATIONAL VALUES

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NATIONAL VALUES
I. Style II. Characteristics of the Canadian
style. A) Historically, who are the
Canadians? 1- Act of Québec 2- American
revolution
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WHO ARE THE CANADIANS (Contd)
II. Characteristics of the Canadian style. A)
Historically, who are the Canadians? 3- Impact
of the American experience on the Canadian
style 4- Two main characteristics of the
Canadian political culture
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A NATIONAL STYLE?
III. The idea of a nation IV. "Non-National"
Style? A) The1930s crisis. B) The War
(1939-45) C) After the war
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CANADIAN POLITICAL CULTURE?
V- A Canadian Political Culture? VI. Traditional
Canadian Political Culture. A) Peoples
Sovereignty. B) Political Equality C) Political
Liberty. D) Majority Rule.
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CANADIAN POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS
VII. A Fragile Equilibrium Between Individualism
and Collectivism A) As an introduction B)
U.S.-Canada comparison VIII. Feeling of
Particularism" and Tolerance For the "Other."
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CANADIAN POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Contd)
IX. Elitism, Hierarchy, et Deference Versus the
Authority X. Egalitarism XI. Non-Violence.
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CANADIAN POLITICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Contd)
XII. A Changing Canadian Political Culture. A)
Emerging conceptions of democracy. B)
"Americanization" of Canadian Values. XIII.
Canadian Sub-Cultures. A) Regional sub-cultures
(Provincial) B) Ethnic sub-cultures
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POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
A) Electoral participation B) Non-electoral
participation 1- Political membership. 2-
Voluntary associations 3- Forms of political
participation 4- Political participation
and social status