Canadian Public Administration: Institutions

Canadian Public Administration: Institutions
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Interplay of Democracy and Political Culture Affecting Public Administration in Canada
Introduction
The process of implementing government policies is through public administration. Currently, public administration includes the role for determining the plans and programs of governments. Public administration undertakes the process of development, forming, guiding, managing, and controlling the operations of government. All nations whatever their political system of governance have public administration. The central, intermediate and local governments practice public administration.
Political culture is the joint view, attitude and beliefs of people about politics. It has two traditional methodologies for the study the individualistic and institutional. Individualistic observes the beliefs and outlooks of people by use of surveys. Individualistic approach is not measurable and the designs of questions given to respondents can illuminate their views on political culture. Since the 1960s, there have been changes in the immigration patterns in the western democracies with Canada as part of it. Up to that period, immigrants came majorly from Europe in West, North and South (Inwood, 2011). Currently immigrants have their origin from the Eastern and Central Europe, and continents of Asia, Africa and Latin America. There are reasons to assume that these new groups of migrants may face greater challenges assimilating into their new political atmosphere than the older group of settlers. Although settlers historically origins were from democracies with political cultures like those in the hosting state, newer groups of settlers originated from nations with political cultures that are diverse, most even from countries with no democracy.
Political Culture in Canada
Institutional method comprises analyzing the documents to determine the joint conduct of political institutions. This institutional technique has three different methods of implementation, which include academics, topographical and socioeconomic, and thirdly the history. The pressure of two instituting groups the French and English is the basis of the first political culture of Canada. The new and distinct culture of Canada is a combination of the two founding groups French, English and immigrants’ culture.
Layered is a description of the political culture of Canada the layers are not easily defined. The main layer of political beliefs includes Canadians’ faith in the parliamentarian and democratic system of government (Inwood, 2011). There is a belief that in the decision-making in politics, the majority rule when a compromise solution is unavailable. According to the current law, the majority rule and decisions in politics can change once they alter their position. Parliamentarian democracy supports equality in politics, which supports one individual, one vote policy. The last characteristic of parliamentarian democracy is a widespread sovereignty shown in consistent elections and people involvement in the political course.
On the main layer lies exclusively a political culture of Canada, which surpasses provincial limits. Canadians are dedicated voters, but they...