Summer Timetable
POL382H1S L0101
Topics in Canadian Politics
Legislatures, Legislators and Parliamentary Debate in Canada
Themes
This course studies the nature and role of political debate among legislators and within legislatures in the Parliament of Canada. The federal Parliament of Canada is the country’s institutional center for legislating laws, establishing representation, and upholding accountability through political debate, yet there is widespread concern among scholars, commentators and citizens that the practice of Parliamentary discourse and debate has fallen short of the institution’s goals and ideals. What explains this gap between institutional ideals and our empirical realities? This course engages with traditional and emerging literature in political deliberation and parliamentary debate to understand and challenge the so-called ‘crisis’ in Canadian Parliamentary Democracy.
Texts
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Format and Requirements
TBA
Prerequisites
POL214H1/ POL214Y1/ POL214Y5/ POL215H5/ POL216H5/ POL224H1/ POL224Y1/ POLB50Y3
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