According to Lipset, how are Canadians and Americans similar/different? correct answers similar: geography, demography, economic development
different: culturally (more conservative)
Lipset "Americans do not know but Canadians cannot forget that two nations, not one, came out of the American Re...
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According to Lipset, how are Canadians and Americans similar/different? correct answers
similar: geography, demography, economic development
different: culturally (more conservative)
Lipset "Americans do not know but Canadians cannot forget that two nations, not one, came out
of the American Revolution." -- what does this mean? correct answers - In the American
Revolution, Canada was not involved. Canada set itself aside as "Canada"
- British Loyalists came to Canada → loyal to the British crown during the American revolution
and they fled the US and settled in SW Ontario
- A large population that made up early Canada was people that were loyal to the Crown
Impact of the American Revolution on Ideologies correct answers U.S.: individual liberties,
distrust of the state, equal rights for all
Canada: belief in need for strong central state government, respect authority and hierarchy
Example of different ideologies --> mottos correct answers US= Life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness
CAN= "Peace, Order and Good Government"
Lipsett: What are the Institutional Differences between US/CAN (4) correct answers Religious,
Law and Deviance, Economic Behavior, Government welfare
CANADA religion correct answers Canada --> hierarchical and institutionally based with state
churches
- Roman Catholic, Anglican, United
- Our catholic schools (religious bodies) are funded by the government → other nations don't
have that...
- Hierarchy
There are clear ranking systems within the church
- eg. Catholic (Pope> Cardinal > . Bishops > Archbishops> Priests)
-Authoritarian
- Discussion of belief comes from people in power/hierarchy
US religion correct answers - Methodists, Baptists and other Protestant groups
- Not state related
-Largely congregational rather than hierarchical
- You have opinion and sway in your participation and the way that the church is run
Canada -- law and Deviance correct answers Canadians more respect for law
Cultural heroes: mounties
In Canada, RCMP and chief of police are appointed by city officials
US -- law and deviance correct answers US: gunslinger, cowboys, frontiersmen and vigilantes
,You elect the sheriff in USA
Individuals earn their positions by popularity (vote) rather than merit
Being 'tough on crime'
US has more lawsuits, more lawyers per capita (because of ideological differences)
Canada -- Economic behaviour and culture correct answers - Canadians more Economically
Cautious
- Individuals: investment, savings, use of credit
- Institutions: less venture capital, less support for new industries
Canada and US Unemployment Economy correct answers - US 2008 → banks lent out lots of
loans that were high interest and the housing market collapsed and there was the recession of
2008
- Canadians didn't feel the affects of the recession as much as the USA because we are more
conservative and economically cautious
- Americans have higher unemployment rates than Canadians
- In 2008, there was a spike in unemployment in both the US and Canada (higher spike in the US
than Canada
- Canada was less affected than the US in terms of unemployment rate during the 2008 recession
- Survive financial crises better than the US because we are not as wealthy
What are the aspects of the Welfare State in Canada and how is it different than the US correct
answers - Healthcare -->More privatised health care in us
- Social assistance
- Unemployment --> Higher unemployment rates and less EI in US
- old age security -->Much less in US
- Daycare --> Much less in US
- community centres -->Way fewer in US
- Government approach versus Charity --> Less charity/donation in Canada
Summary of differences correct answers United States: a society founded upon principles of
Liberalism
Canada: a society founded upon principles of Toryism (Conservative)
US Liberalism correct answers - No centralization, state control
- More election of state officials (judges, sheriffs), more populist-based
- Anti-authority
- Invisible hand of the marketplace will run things
- An idea of liberalism that it will run its course
- Freedom of:
- Thought, religion, speech, politics
Toryism -- CANADA correct answers CANADIAN CULTURE
- Communitarianism: the community/society/groups have interest and we are not just focused on
individual rights
, - Favors mercantilism (vs free trade)
There is free trade and individualism in the US
Canada is focused on favored trading partners
- Values the 'noblesse oblige' obligation to be generous
Based on feudalism, nobility care of serfs
- More state distribution of policies in Canada
Bear, Douglas and Grabb's argument correct answers - most of our views are very similar to
most americans
- opposite to Lipson
The survey of north american values --> survey topics correct answers - Corporate Power and
Profits/economy inequality
- Capitalism
- Labor and Unions
- Gender and Inequality
- Family discipline and social control
Canadian and American value regions correct answers Canadian:
Atlantic Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba/Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
American: Far West
North West
Mid-region
North East
South West
South/Old South
What were the results of the regional values survey? correct answers - quebec super progressive
- US old south super conservative
- everyone else was average
Who is an Indigenous person? correct answers -Very complex
- Self-defined vs comparative
- How do indigenous people define themselves vs. how do external government impose
definitions?
Indigenous peoples definition correct answers - "Indigenous to the lands they inhabit, in contrast
to and in contention with the colonial societies and states that have spread out from Europe and
other centers of empire"
- "Indigenous identity can only be confirmed by others 'who share that identity'"
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