Chapter 1 Further Resources

Web Links

• Canadian Political Science Association (www.cpsa-acsp.ca): the website for the principal political science association in Canada. An excellent source of information for students and faculty on teaching, research, departments across Canada, and careers in political science.

• Careers for Political Scientists (http://www.cpsa-acsp.ca/careers.shtml): a direct link to the careers section of the CPSA home page.

• Canadian Citizenship Test Homepage (www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/cit-test.asp): source for more information about citizenship tests, as discussed in this chapter.

Podcasts

• “Breaking down the economic campaign promises” Alberta @ noon, September 25, 2019. http://13533.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_ALBERTANOON_FROM_CBC_RADIO_HIGHLIGHTS_P/media-session/6eacdc7d-85e5-421c-9425-f53a5c536b88/calgwildrose-f8whJnRa-20190924.mp3
  
  This podcast is about the 2019 federal election in Canada. This episode breaks down the economic promises of each political parties. The economic promises demonstrate how politics works in elections and how political parties present different plans to persuade voters.

• Michael Geist, “Cows, Cars, and Copyrights – A Conversation with Myra Tawfik on the IP Concerns with Implementing the USMCA”, The LawBytes Podcast, June 10, 2019. https://episodes.castos.com/lawbytes/Ep.-15-Myra-Tawfik.mp3
  
  The new NAFTA (USMCA, signed on October 1, 2018) was introduced in the Canadian parliament for the required ratification. This episode discusses the economic implications of this agreement for Canada. This agreement shows how domestic politics is linked with international politics. When the US President Donald Trump came into power, he vowed to renegotiate the NAFTA agreement and the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, had to take into account domestic politics in finalizing the new agreement. 

Further Readings

• Almond, Gabriel A. (1990). A Discipline Divided: Schools and Sects in Political Studies. Newbury Park: Sage Publishers.

• Aristotle (1986). Politics. T.A. Sinclair (Trans.). Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books.

• Easton, David (1981). The Political System (2nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

• Hobbes, Thomas (1962 [1651]). Leviathan Or, the Matter Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. Michael Oakeshott (Ed.). New York: Collier Books.

• Laozi (1976 [1963]). Tao Te Ching. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin.

• Lasswell, Harold (1958). Politics: Who Gets What, When, How. New York: Meridian Books.

• Seymour, Michel, ed. (2004). The Fate of the Nation State. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.