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Course Outline: AS/POLS 3175 3.0 (Winter 2006-07) Time:
T
Course
Director: R.
Drummond Office: S930 Ross
Phone: 416-736-5260
E-mail: robertd@yorku.ca Course
Web Site: www.yorku.ca/pols3175 Note: Students
who feel that there are extenuating circumstances which may interfere with the
successful completion of exams or other course assignments are encouraged to
discuss the matter with the instructor early in the term.
Students with physical, psychiatric or learning disabilities may request
reasonable accommodations in teaching style or evaluation methods, as outlined
in Appendix A of the Senate Policy on Students with Special Needs.
They should advise the course director at the earliest opportunity, so
that appropriate arrangements may be made with the assistance of the Office for
Persons with Disabilities, the Counselling and Development Centre or the
Learning Disabilities Programme. Office
Hours:
By appointment. Course
Requirements:
Attendance and participation
5%
Mid-term test (February 8)
15%
Essay (c. 3000 words, due March 15)
40%
Final Exam
40% (Tuesday classes will be two-hour lectures;
Thursday classes will be one-hour discussion sessions.) A+
90-100
A 80-89
B+ 75-79
B 70-74
C+ 65-69 C
60-64
D+ 55-59
D 50-54
E 40-49
F 0-39 January
4
Introduction No readings assigned.
Course outline will be distributed and discussed. January
9, 11
Socio-economic Context Required:
Thomas
Courchene with Colin R. Telmer, “The New J. Wilson, "The
Ontario Political Culture at the End of the Century," in Sid Noel, Revolution
at Queen’s Park, Toronto, Lorimer, 1997, pp. 55-73
(Kit) R.J. Drummond, “Is
There an Discussion question:
What relationships can be seen between the development of the provincial
state and the transformation of January
23, 25
Historical Background: 1945 to the Present Required:
Jonathan Manthorpe, The Power and
the Tories, Robert Macdermid and Greg Albo, “Divided
Province, Growing Protests: Recommended:
A.
Brian Tanguay, " 'Not in Graham White, “Revolutionary Change in the A number of books have dealt with recent Christina Blizzard, Right Turn: How the Tories Took George Ehring and Wayne Roberts, Giving
Away a Miracle: Lost Dreams, Broken Promises and the Georgette Gagnon and Dan Rath, Not
Without Cause: David Peterson's Fall from Grace, John Ibbitson, Promised Land: Inside the Mike Harris Revolution, Patrick Monahan, Storming the Thomas Walkom, Rae Days: The Rise and Follies of the NDP, A somewhat journalistic and personalized
comparison of An account of the 1996 OPSEU strike, from the
viewpoint of a striking public servant, can be found in David Rapaport, No
Justice, No Peace, A work on health policy in A rather polemic collection of essays on the
Harris regime is Ruth Cohen, ed. Alien
Invasion: How The Tories Mismanaged Ontario, There are biographies now of most of the under the auspices of the Ontario Historical
Studies Series. Some political
memoirs may also be helpful -- e.g., Eddie Goodman, Life
of the Party, Toronto, Key Porter Book, 1988; Bob Rae, From Protest to Power: Personal Reflections on a Life in Politics,
Toronto, Viking Penguin, 1996; and Hugh Segal, No Surrender: Reflections of a Happy Warrior in the Tory Crusade,
Toronto, Harper-Collins, 1996. A useful resource for basic historical fact, in
the period from the 1950's to 2000, is the Canadian
Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, The DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE UNACADEMIC PRACTICES In
recent years a distressingly large number of students in Political Science
courses have been found to have committed an unacademic practice, receiving
penalties ranging from "F" in the assignment, or "F" in the
course to suspension from the University ("F"s in accordance with
Faculty, Senate policy). It is the
Faculty Academic Hearing Committee that decides the penalty (no longer the
Department). The severe consequences
of abusing the accepted rules and morality of university life should be kept
firmly in mind. Failure for the
course is usually the least serious effect. All
students should read the statement, "Faculty of Arts Policy on Academic
Dishonesty", in the Undergraduate Programme's Calendar where plagiarism and
cheating are defined and the procedures and penalties described.
You should note several further points, in addition to this statement and
the guidelines below. First,
allowing someone else to copy your work -- whether a term paper or essay in
whole or in part, or on an examination -- is an unacademic practice even though
the work you yourself submit is completely your own.
Second, collaboration in research is quite acceptable, but the final
written product must be the result of each student's own evaluation and
analysis, and in each student's own words. Third,
when preparing for examinations it is quite acceptable to study together and to
anticipate possible questions. However,
one should not prepare an answer and then go looking on the examination for a
question that fits the answer (certainly not an answer to be used by more than
one student, nor one that takes verbatim without attribution to material from
another source). Each answer or
essay/paper must, in the end, represent considered reflection upon the subject
material, be a product of the student's own thought processes, and be in the
student's own words. Fourth, handing
in the same piece of work in more than one course, without first securing the
permission of the instructors involved (i.e., "double counting") is
also an offense. GUIDELINES FOR AVOIDING PLAGIARISM The majority of cases of unacademic practices occur under the heading A.1. of the Faculty of Arts Policy on Unacademic Practices. It is especially important, therefore, for all students to be aware of the elementary procedures for avoiding difficulties in this area. The following are some of the most obvious points: 1.
Identification in General: Ideas, words, phrases and intellectual work in general which are somebody else's should always be identified as such. The aim here is not to discourage the incorporation of others' concepts into one's own thinking, but to make it clear from whence this material has come. It is better to over-identify than to under-identify. 2.
Quotations: a) All phrases or passages taken from another's writing, of whatever length, must be enclosed in quotation marks and immediately identified with a footnote. Unless it is transparently clear that quotes interspersed in the text are all taken from the same source and the same page, it is obligatory to indicate he source of each with a footnote. b) The listing of a source at the end of the paper in the bibliography in no way constitutes acceptable citation of the source with respect to the identification of quotes or paraphrases. c) If one wishes to introduce changes in the wording of a quotation (e.g. in order to make some observation of one's own or to render the quote grammatical in the context of one's own sentence) such changes should always be enclosed by square brackets. For example, suppose the quoted material read: "The Yugoslav sample was structured so as to reflect three key features of the country: the culture of the region, the development level of the commune, and the occupation of the respondent."1 We might wih to change the tense and elaborate the quote as follows: Zaninovich observes that "the Yugoslav sample [is]
structured so as to reflect three key features of the country -- the culture of
the region [e.g. 1M. George Zaninovich, "Elites and Citizens in Yugoslav Society: A Study of Value Differentiation," in Carl Beck et. al., Comparative Communist Leadership (New York: McKay, 1973) p. 228. The point, in other words, is that substitution or alteration of words in a quote does not change the fact that the quote is still a quote, nor relieve one of the responsibility of indicating who is the author of what. d) If one wishes to omit material in a quotation, this is done by the insertion of ellipse marks (three dots). For example, let us suppose that the quote read: "The Prime Minister, with relentless force and supreme confidence, refuted the slanders of the opposition." We might shorten it as follows: "The Prime Minister … refuted the slanders of the opposition." e) Suppose that you find a statement by author X that you want to quote, in a piece of writing by author Y. You may quote this statement, but you must indicate in the footnote not only the original source for author X but author Y. To fail to cite author Y is misleadingly to convey the impression that you are the one who originally determined the significance of author X's words and brought them to public attention. f) Quotations translated from another language into English remain quotations and must be handled like all other quotations. 3.
Paraphrases: e) The alteration of several words in a quotation does not turn the quotation into a paraphrase, much less relieve you of the responsibility of identifying the source (see 2c. above). f) Each separate piece of text in you paper that substantially reproduces the form and combination of ideas taken from an outside source, without repeating the exact words in which these ideas were originally expressed, must be identified with a footnote. That is to say, paraphrases must be footnoted in exactly the same manner as quotations. It is also important to pay attention to elementary matters of style -- especially the use of punctuation marks. Spend twenty minutes of your life learning a conventional style of punctuation and presentation of footnotes and bibliography, and then stick to it. The Centre for Academic Writing (Arts), S 329 Ross (736-5134) has many useful works on this subject, and on essay writing in general. Brief Chronology of Ontario Political Events
1867-71
First government after Confederation is a coalition led by John Sandfield
Macdonald. 1871-96
Government of Oliver Mowat (Liberal).
Mowat left in 1896 to join Laurier's federal cabinet.
Replaced by Arthur Hardy, who in turn was replaced by George Ross.
Liberals hold office until 1905. 1905-14
Government of James Whitney (Conservative).
Establishment of Ontario Hydro; federation of several colleges into the
University of Toronto; labour standards legislation, child labour law 1914-19
After death of Whitney, William Hearst becomes Premier.
Life of Legislature extended during World War I.
The provincial electiion of 1919 marks first in Ontario in which women
have the vote. Election is combined
with referendum on prohibition. 1919-23
Coalition government of United Farmers of Ontario and Independent Labour
Party. Conservatives severely
defeated in election (run 102 candidates, win 25 seats).
Liberals weakened by split during war, run only 70 candidates, win 29
seats. ILP wins 11 seats of 20
contested, and UFO wins 45 of 65, many by narrow margins.
Tensions between coalition
partners, and unrest within UFO, weaken government. 1923-34
Conservative dominance. Howard
Ferguson wins 1923 election with majority of popular vote.
UFO loses about 2 percentage points in vote but drops 20 seats.
Liberals cannot capitalize on UFO decline.
Prohibition ended in 1927, after second substantial Conservative victory
in 1926. Third Conservative win in
1929. In 1930, Ferguson leaves to
become R.B. Bennett's appointee as High Commissioner in London and is replaced
by George Henry. 1934-43
Liberal government of Mitchell Hepburn, onion farmer from Elgin County in
Southwestern Ontario, who wins first election with populist appeal and promises
to cut waste at Queen's Park. During
time in office, gradually comes to ally with interests (mining executives, press
barons) against whom he had once campaigned.
Feud with Liberal Prime Minister Mackenzie King overshadows other
important issues. Hepburn resigns in
1943, citing poor health. Interim
Premier Gordon Conant is replaced by Harry Nixon, following party convention.
Nixon calls election. 1943-48
Conservatives under George Drew form minority government in 1943, win
majority in 1945. Cooperative
Commonwealth Federation becomes
major force in 1943, but is substantially weakened in 1945.
Conservatives return to minority in 1948, with Drew losing own seat.
Drew goes on to become leader of federal Progressive-Conservative Party
and is replaced in Ontario by Leslie Frost. 1948-59 Frost wins sizable majorities (always with minority of popular vote) in 1951, 1955 and 1959. He retires and is replaced by John Robarts. Liberals and CCF vie for position as main opposition to government; divided opposition serves PCs well. 1959-71
Continuation of Conservative dominance under Robarts; election wins in
1963 and 1967; divided opposition continues.
CCF forms alliance with Canadian Labour Congress to form NDP in 1961.
NDP gains seats in 1967 election. 1971-85
William Davis selected PC leader in 1971 after Robarts' retirement and
just before 1971 election. Conservative
success continues in 1971, but minority government in 1975.
In 1977, results in election similar to 1975, but government continues in
office until 1981, when PCs regain majority.
Davis retires in 1984, replaced by Frank Miller.
Miller calls election for 1985. 1985-90
Conservatives win a plurality of seats in the 1985 election, but an
accord between the Liberals and NDP (guaranteeing no non-confidence votes for
two years, in return for agreement to follow mutually agreeable agenda) gives
power to David Peterson. In 1987,
Liberals win landslide election. Three
years later, they inexplicably elect to go to the polls.
The NDP wins the election – a majority government with just over 38% of
the popular vote. 1990-95
Government of Bob Rae (NDP) suffers effects of recession, inexperience,
Mulroney cuts to federal transfers. Increases
debt substantially with series of large deficits -- trying to spend way out of
recession. Finally alienates
substantial section of base support (trade unions, esp. in the public sector) by
introducing Social Contract. Lose
1995 election and fall back to third place in seats in the Legislature. 1990-2002
Conservatives under Mike Harris win 1995 election with majority of seats.
Begin to implement "Common Sense Revolution" with neo-liberal
agenda (tax cuts, welfare reform, repeal of NDP labour law, budget cuts, school
reform, etc.). Legislature
"down-sized" from 130 to 103 seats.
Re-elected, despite efforts to target opposition through "strategic
voting," with about the same popular vote and a second majority.
Announces resignation in late 2001. 2002-2003
Ernie Eves chosen to succeed Mike Harris as Premier in early 2002.
Expected to be less confrontational than Harris.
Seen as more of a “Red Tory” than his opponents in the leadership
race – especially Tony Clement and Jim Flaherty.
Runs into problems with Hydro market deregulation, budget balance 2003-present
Liberal government elected under leadership of Dalton McGuinty.
Declares budget problem – deficit larger than anticipated – calls for
restraint.
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