Deck 17: E: Politics and Government

Question 1

Describe the political spectrum.Distinguish between social issues and economic issues and explain what categories of the Canadian population tend to be liberal and conservative with regard to each type of issue.Where do the major political parties fall on the political spectrum?

Answer 1

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Question 2

According to Max Weber,why does society need to transform power into authority? In what three ways does this transformation take place? What is the link between traditional authority and preindustrial production? How are rational-legal authority and industrial/postindustrial production linked?

Answer 2

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Question 3

If he were the U.S.President at the time,how might Barack Obama's first actions after 9/11 been different than George Bush's? How might Canada's actions have been different,as a result?

Answer 3

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Question 4

What is the "democracy gap"? How does this concept relate to events in the Middle East in the 21^st century? What has the role of Canada been in these events? Predict how these events will reshape our world,in Canada and globally.

Question 5

Summarize the major arguments of the three theoretical models of political power.What do the three models have in common? What are their major differences? To what extent does each assess Canadian society as democratic? Why?

Question 6

What have sociologists learned about the causes and character of war? That is,why do nations go to war? What strategies seem able to prevent war? Finally,how is terrorism a new form of twenty-first century warfare?

Question 7

Discuss differential political party support by region/province/territory in Canada.Outline several positive and several negative consequences of the patterns you note for people within the regions,etc. ,and for Canada as a whole.

Question 8

Young people in Canada,who are eligible to vote,do not often exercise this right.Why do you suppose this is? What can we do to increase voter participation among the young (i.e. ,18 to 25 year olds)at every level of government? Develop a clear strategy for all levels of government and explain why you think your strategies are the most appropriate actions to take.