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Political Culture
After reading this chapter, students should be able to:
- Explain the meaning of the terms right, left, and centre as they apply to politics.
- List some distinguishing characteristics of liberalism, conservatism, and socialism and explain how the modern versions of these ideologies are different from their classical forms.
- Identify and compare some theories that have been put forward to explain the origins and development of Canadians’ political ideas.
- Discuss some ways that the political ideas of Canadians are similar to or different from those of Americans.
- Develop an argument that Canada is more democratic than the United States, or vice versa.
- Compose one or two paragraphs that use as many key concepts (listed below) as possible.