GOVN 301 / POLI 301: Governance, the Public Sector, and Corporate Power (Rev. C4/C3) Report a Broken Link
This course explores the changing relationships between business, society, and government in contemporary Canada. It examines the colonial structure upon which it is based, and it studies the changing patterns of governance; the position of corporate Canada in society’s power structure; the phenomenon of globalization and the international extension of business power; the role of the mass media in shaping culture and dominant ideas within society; the restructuring of economic and social policy; constitutional change; the marketization of the state; the transformation of citizens into customers; the demands of marginalized groups for inclusion; and the increased threat to social cohesion. Finally, it considers the future of the public sector in Canada.