An introduction to the role of law in contemporary Canadian politics. Topics include the Constitution, parliament and law-making, the judiciary and case law, civil liberties and the Charter of Rights, and selected judicial decisions. An introduction to international relations. International Relations II A continuation of POLI 200. An introduction to policy analysis as a tool for assessing the adequacy of governmental responses to environmental issues, focusing on North American and Western European examples.
Students write a major research paper.
A general survey of some major themes in contemporary political thought, focusing especially on the interplay between theories of modernity and concepts of political community. Close attention is paid to texts by Max Weber and Michael Foucault, and their significance is assessed in the context of recent debates about, for example, feminism, ecology, political development and world politics. Political Science 310 can only be taken for credit once. An examination of the constitutional, political, social, economic and cultural bases of Canadian federalism, the dynamics of contemporary intergovernmental relations, and the impact of the federal system on public policy. An examination of recent issues in political theory which may include multiculturalism and the rights or minorities, current developments in democratic theory, and the future of the nation state in the global economy.