PSC 345 CANADIAN POLITICS

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PSC 345 CANADIAN POLITICS

• POLITICAL CONFLICTS IN CANADA

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Discussion What are the principal political
conflicts in Canada?

• INTRODUCTION Essence of Politics
• Two visions of politics
• Politics as a struggle for the exercise of power.
• Politics as societal instrument for collective
  action
• At the intersection of these two visions The
  Political Entrepreneur

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The Political System

• Environment
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• Inputs Outputs
• Demands gt Political gtDecisions
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INTRODUCTION Essence of Politics (Contd)

• Political system and struggle for power.
• An analytical framework for the study of Canadian
  Politics

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POLITICAL CLEAVAGES IN CANADA

• The role of the Federal Government
  "Nation-Building" or "Province-Building"?
• Regional cleavages Efficiency or Equality?
• Ethnic and linguistic cleavages Two founding
  nations or multiculturalism?
• Class cleavages An elitist or egalitarian
  society?
• Do you think that those cleavages are more
  salient in Canada than in other countries?