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Québec: State and Society, third edition acts as a mirror to a society that continues to transform itself, that adjusts to changes taking place on the international scene, while providing an understanding of Québec’s unique experience within the world. This completely revised edition is composed of twenty-two original and comprehensive essays on key issues and themes that constitute present-day Québec politics, written by prominent and widely published specialists in areas as diverse as political science, sociology, economics, demography, and history. As a result, this book provides a full account the historical and contemporary Québec environment and offers premises for developments to come.
This edition distinguishes itself by proposing five main themes for surveying the Québec condition, each with its own section. The first of these, "Québec Today: Memory, Identity, and Pluralism", contains essays on historical and contemporary identity narratives and counter-narratives in Québec, including aboriginal/state debates. "Governance" explores issues of Québec public administration, business-government relations, and federal and international relations. "Political Parties and Social Movements" discusses a series of fundamental questions on the role exercised by the various elements of civil society in Québec, ranging from the relevance of political parties to the diversity of social movements. "Education, Language, and Immigration" delves into developments in long-standing issues at the heart of the challenge of pluralism in Québec. "Territoriality, Globalization, and International Relations" tackles questions faced by every contemporary society and proposes new arenas for research for Québec.
This completely revised edition is composed of twenty-two original and comprehensive essays on key issues and themes that constitute present-day Québec politics, written by prominent and widely published specialists.
- Imprint: University of Toronto Press
- Published: January 2004
- Pages: 512
Alain-G. Gagnon is Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies and professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Québec: State and Society is, quite simply, the most comprehensive and informative book on social and political life in Québec now available. The chapters, written elegantly by some of the best scholars now working on Québec, cover an enormous range of issues from nationalism and identity to Québec’s place in a changing global economy. Each chapter brims with important insights and stimulating analysis. For scholars, policymakers, or anyone interested in understanding where Québec has been and where it’s headed, Québec: State and Society is a must-read.
Marc Levine, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Chapters
PDF Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I Québec Today: Memory, Identity, and Pluralism
One What Does It Mean to be a Quebecer? Between Self-Preservation and Openness to the Other
Two Narratives and Counter-Narratives of Identity in Québec
Three Interpreting Québec’s Historical Trajectories: Between La Société Globale and the Regional Space
Four Pluralism and National Identity(ies) in Contemporary Québec: Conceptual Clarifications, Typology, and Discourse Analysis
Five The Québec State and Indigenous Peoples
Part II Governance
Six Québec-Canada’s Constitutional Dossier
Seven The Clarity Act in Its Context
Eight Can Québec Neo-Corporatist Networks Withstand Canadian Federalism and Internationalization?
Nine Managerial Innovation and the Québec Central Agencies
Ten State-Owned Enterprises in Québec: From Privatization to Globalization
Part III Political Parties and Social Movements
Eleven Sclerosis or A Clean Bill of Health? Diagnosing Québec’s Party System in the Twenty-First Century
Twelve Anti-Market Globalization Social Movements
Thirteen Labour Market Transformations and Labour Law: The Québec Labour Movement in Search of Renewed Growth
Fourteen The Québec Women’s Movement: Past and Present
Part IV Education, Language, and Immigration
Fifteen Immigration, Pluralism, and Education
Sixteen English-Speaking Québec: A Political History
Seventeen Language and Cultural Insecurity
Eighteen Interculturalism: Expanding the Boundaries of Citizenship
Part V Territoriality, Globalization, and International Relations
Nineteen Stateless Nations or Regional States? Territory and Power in a Globalizing World
Twenty Québec in the Americas: From the FTA to the FTAA
Twenty-One Nationalism and Competitiveness: Can Québec Win if Quebecers Lose?
Twenty-Two Québec’s International Relations
Contributors
Index