Regionalism

Regionalism

@@politics of territory,@@ bounded as politically significant, territorialization of politics.

@@Politics create boundaries@@ from trying to accomplish a political goal, @@some of them are natural@@ (The rockies)

Canadian politics = highly regionalized → @@re-enforcing mechanism@@

Defining features

==Historical dev==: common/shared historical past that must be managed, sometimes provincial history (Je me souviens)

==Different geog + econ realities==: Alberta w/ oil and gaz vs QC with hydroelectricity…

==Cultural differences== (language, linked to history…)

Beyond fragments

Article from Wesley and Wong, arguing that Albertan political culture is also %%the result of the federal idea of what the West should be%%, therefore regionalism is indeed linked to federalism.

Political culture

refers to $deferrence of authority, efficacy etc$… One of many variables with culture (language, ethnicity…), political behaviour (vote choice) and region.

For $Henderson$, is an $independant variable$ that we can analyze through the $provincial scope and/or the regions cluster analysis$

Province is important, but not as simple as that: in certain situations, $more relevant to study political culture through regions and not provinces.$ It is not a better or a worse way of analizing it, just highlights different elements that may be more relevant depending on what we are trying to explain.

Perpetuating regionalism

Party system is __highly regionalized__

__Federal parties__ are highly associated with __regional base__

Managing regionalism

^^House of Commons^^: nuanced with rules that ^^protect nbr of seats^^ per province/region per nbr of pop.

^^Senate^^: ^^by region representation^^, sometimes by province

^^Supreme Court^^: 9 judges w/3 from ^^QC^^, 3 ^^ONT^^ and the r^^est from other regions^^

^^First Minister’s conferences^^: executive federalism with provinces’ PM

^^Cabinet^^: advising head of state, chosen by fed PM but needs ^^balance of talent and region^^.