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B. POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course students will:
B1. Political Thought: demonstrate an understanding of various political ideologies, theories, and concepts, and analyse their relevance to Canadian and international politics (FOCUS ON: Political Significance; Political Perspective)
B2. The Evolution of Modern Politics and International Relations: analyse the role of ideology, diplomacy, and conflict, including conflict related to decolonization, in the evolution of politics in and relations between various countries around the world in the past century (FOCUS ON: Political Significance; Stability and Change)
B3. Influences on Canadian and International Politics: analyse how social, economic, and geographic factors influence contemporary politics in and relations between various countries around the world (FOCUS ON: Objectives and Results; Political Perspective)
SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS
B1. Political Thought
FOCUS ON: Political Significance; Political Perspective
By the end of this course students will:
B1.1 describe some key similarities and differen- ces between various political ideologies (e.g., liberalism, conservatism, capitalism, fascism, socialism, communism, anarchism), and explain where these ideologies fall on a political spectrum (i.e., a political compass model or other type
of spectrum)
Sample questions: “What are some political spectrum models? Which do you find to be most useful? Why?” “If communism and Nazism are both associated with totalitarian regimes, why are they situated at opposite ends of a left-right political spectrum?” “Where do ‘green’ political ideologies fit on political spectrum models?”
B1.2 describe the main ideas of various political theorists/philosophers (e.g., John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, Frantz Fanon), and explain ways in which these ideas have influenced historical and/or contem- porary politics (e.g., with reference to the political rights of women, the establishment of communist or socialist states, decolonization, the welfare state, the neoliberal policies of Margaret Thatcher or Ronald Reagan)
Sample questions: “Why is Plato considered
a great political thinker? In what ways are his ideas still relevant to present-day political debates?” “Who are some theorists whose ideas are central to postcolonial political thought? What is the significance of their ideas?” “What do different political theorists argue is the ideal level of government involvement in business and the economy?”
B1.3 analyse the concept of nationalism (e.g., with reference to sovereignty, patriotism, ethnic nation- alism, national identity, national pride, different concepts of nationhood) and how nationalism and nationalist ideologies have affected and continue to affect politics in Canada and other countries (e.g., political unification and/or separation of some countries, nationalist/separatist movements, the role of nationalism in anticolonial movements, ethnic cleansing, nationalist symbols and images, jingoism, militarism)
Sample questions: “Why are there different ideas about what constitutes a nation?” “What is the significance of separatist movements in Canada and other nations?” “How can patriotic assertiveness affect a nation domestically and in its international relations?”
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Canadian and International Politics
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