Maritime Provincial Politics

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from POLS at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department This course provides an advanced introduction to the politics of the three Maritime provinces - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Topics include: the nature of provincial and regional political culture; the nature of the party system in each province; the status and role of Francophones, Indigenous people, African Canadians, and recent immigrants; comparative public policy in areas of provincial jurisdiction; resource industries and the service-sector economy; and the region in Canadian nationalist, continentalist, and autonomist approaches to economic development. (Format: Lecture 3 Hours) (Exclusion: POLS 3991 Maritime Provincial Politics)