Introducing Canadian Politics

· Politics

· Demands and Decisions

· Canadian Politics as a system

o Structural functionalist

o Pluralist

o Class analysis

o Public choice

o State-centred

· Democracy

 

What Makes Canadian Politics Tick?

· Political Fault Lines – history and geography

o First fault line – linguistic

o Second fault line – regional

o Third fault line – continental

o Fourth fault line – class and identity