Impositions on liberalism
-Residential Schools
-Enfranchisement
-The Indian Act
-The Red Paper
What are the two reasons nations will attempt to impose liberalism on another nation?
1) Self interest: to eliminate terrorists, or ‘illegal aliens’
2) Humanitarianism: to improve living conditions or stop human rights violations
Why did the USA, Canada, and Britain all invade Afghanistan?
These three nations invaded Afghanistan due to the terrorist attacks. They wanted to protect other liberal democratic countries from further attacks. They also wanted to help women who were being treated as second-rate citizens by the Taliban
Why did the USA invade Iraq?
They invaded Iraq because they believed that the country was a direct threat to their country and the rest of the world due to their terrorist groups
Saddam Hussein
The leader of Iraq, who was caught and arrested by the USA for crimes against humanity and the mass murders of an ethnic group called the Kurds.
Kurds
A large non-Arab ethnic group in Iraq that was harshly discriminated against by Saddam Hussein. He viewed them as a threat to the country and this group underwent mass killings by Hussein and his government
Interventionism
Humanitarian actions undertaken by a country(s) to alleviate human suffering of another country. Such suffering is usually held under an ignorant or abusive government, which is why other countries may intervene to rescue citizens from these terrors
Examples of interventionism
-Invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq by the USA to protect citizens from the oppressive Taliban regime
-USA banning trade with Cuba in order to end the communist system and bring about liberalism
Environmentalism
The intervention of liberal governments to protect our fragile environment (eg: carbon tax in Canada to reduce greenhouse emissions)
Communitariansim
The importance of community in relation to the functioning of ones political life. (eg: the Hutterites living in family compounds instead of owning private property)
Neo-conservatism
This challenges modern liberal principles and favors a return to classical liberalism. After the Cold War, neo-conservatives saw the government as being weak against communism and non-liberal nations through detente
Stagflation
High inflation combined with slow economic growth and high unemployment
Demand-side economics
Otherwise known as Keynesian economics, this system is characterized by the government influencing consumer demand through taxation, subsidies, regulating the markets, etc.
Supply-side economics
A right-wing economic system characterized by cutting taxes and a laissez-faire government
Monopolies
The exclusive ownership or control of a business, industry or trade. Monopolies destroy the principle of competition which is crucial to the operation of a free market. This is why most governments have anti-monopoly/trust laws
Postmodernism
A rejection of the ideals/principles of modern liberalism. Those who are postmodernist believe that society has lost the ability to think for themselves and are skeptical about universal values/truths because to them there is “no real truth”
