UNIT 3

Question 1

Fragment Theory

Answer 1

Formulated by Louis Hartz. The theory stipulates that English Canadian political culture is not that much different from that of the United States. The central idea of the theory is that fragments of liberal ideologies such as individual freedom prevented traditional conservativism and socialist views from taking root. Hartz believed that a clash between traditional conservatism and liberalism is necessary to form a synthesis in the form of socialism.

Question 2

Political Culture

Answer 2

The fundamental political values, beliefs, and orientations that are widely held within a political community

Question 3

Political Participation

Answer 3

The means why which a member of the political community can participate in the politics that govern the community.

Question 4

Republicanism

Answer 4

Is a political ideology emphasizing the importance of a republic, a form of government where the head of state is an elected or appointed official, not a hereditary monarch. It advocates for representative democracy, civic virtue, and the common good. Republicans believe in the active participation of citizens in the political process, promoting the idea that political power should be held by the people and exercised through elected representatives.

Question 5

Tory Touch

Answer 5

Gad Horowitz argued that the United Empire Loyalists who came north to Canada after the American war of Independence brought with them a combination of traditional conservative values ( Tory Touch), but also the liberal values characteristic of American political culture. Horowitz believed and supported Fragment theory