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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Part I: Qu bec Today: Memory, Identity, and Pluralism 1. What Does It Mean to be a Quebecer? Between Self-Preservation and Openness to the Other, Jacques Beauchemin 2. Narratives and Counter-Narratives of Identity in Qu bec, Jocelyn Maclure 3. Interpreting Qu bec's Historical Trajectories: Between La Soci t Globale and the Regional Space, Luc Turgeon 4. Pluralism and National Identity(ies) in Contemporary Qu bec: Conceptual Clarifications, Typology, and Discourse Analysis, Dimitrios Karmis 5. The Qu bec State and Indigenous Peoples, Daniel Sal e Part II: Governance 6. Qu bec-Canada's Constitutional Dossier, Alain-G. Gagnon 7. The Clarity Act in Its Context, Andr e Lajoie 8. Can Qu bec Neo-Corporatist Networks Withstand Canadian Federalism and Internationalization? ric Montpetit 9. Managerial Innovation and the Qu bec Central Agencies, Christian Rouillard 10. State-Owned Enterprises in Qu bec: From Privatization to Globalization, Luc Bernier and Francis Garon Part III: Political Parties and Social Movements 11. Sclerosis or A Clean Bill of Health? Diagnosing Qu bec's Party System in the Twenty-First Century, A. Brian Tanguay 12. Anti-Market Globalization Social Movements, Marc Lemire 13. Labour Market Transformations and Labour Law: The Qu bec Labour Movement in Search of Renewed Growth, Jean Charest 14. The Qu bec Women's Movement: Past and Present, Chantal Maill Part IV: Education, Language, and Immigration 15. Immigration, Pluralism, and Education, Marie McAndrew 16. English-Speaking Qu bec: A Political History, Garth Stevenson 17. Language and Cultural Insecurity, Elisabeth Gidengil, Andr Blais, Richard Nadeau, and Neil Nevitte 18. Interculturalism: Expanding the Boundaries of Citizenship, Alain-G. Gagnon and Raffaele Iacovino Part V: Territoriality, Globalization, and International Relations 19. Stateless Nations or Regional States? Territory and Power in a Globalizing World, Michael Keating 20. Qu bec in the Americas: From the FTA to the FTAA, Fran ois Rocher 21. Nationalism and Competitiveness: Can Qu bec Win if Quebecers Lose? Peter Graefe 22. Qu bec's International Relations, Louis Balthazar Contributors Index
