Contemporary federalist thought in Quebec : historical perspectives / edited by Antoine Brousseau Desaulniers and Stéphane Savard ; translated by Mary Baker with Judith Laforest, Lawrence O'Hearn, and Eric Rodrigue.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Desaulniers, Antoine Brousseau, editor.

Savard, Stéphane, editor.

Baker, Mary, translator.

Laforest, Judith, translator.

O'Hearn, Lawrence, translator.

Rodrigue, Eric, translator.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Democracy, diversity, and citizen engagement series ; 11.

Democracy, diversity, and citizen engagement series ; 11

Standardized Title:

Pensée fédéraliste contemporaine au Québec. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal government--Québec (Province)--History.

Federal government.

Political science--Québec (Province)--History--20th century.

Political science.

Political science--Québec (Province)--History--21st century.

Québec (Province)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Québec (Province).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 423 pages).

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Contents:

Cover

Contemporary federalist thought in Quebec

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Note on Translation

Introduction Historical Perspectives on Federalist Thought in Quebec: Actors, Stakes, and Points of View

1 Reflections by an Old Veteran of the Canadian Constitutional Debate

Part One Actors at the Heart of Politics: The Leaders and Their Parties

2 From Provincial Autonomy to Profitable Federalism: Quebec's Special Status in the Eyes of Federalist Leaders during the Quiet Revolution

3 The Equality Party: A Trudeauist Vision of Federalism at the National Assembly

4 The Quebec Vision of Federalism and the Federal Ideal (1998-2008): Benoît Pelletier as a Barometer of Unresolved Tension

5 Third-Option Federalism: A Dialogue between Federalism and Nationalism? Action démocratique du Québec and Coalition avenir Québec (1990-2018)

Part Two Intellectuals and the Search for a "Third Option"

6 "In seeking to digest us, the federation has become very sick": Evolution of the Federalist Thought of Traditionalist Intellectuals in the Case of François-Albert Angers (1945-73)

7 "Paving the Boulevard of Fraternity": The Federalist Thought of Solange Chaput-Rolland

8 Charles Taylor's Federalist Spirit Put to the Test of the Canadian Federation

Part Three Civil Society in Action: Groups and Public Figures

9 The Search for a Third Option in a Time of Crisis: Constitutional Positions of Federalist Pressure Groups, 1977-81

10 Quebec Feminists' Engagement during the 1980 Referendum: How Should the Yvettes Be Interpreted?

11 Community(ies), Nation(s), State(s): Nicole Laurin, Richard Desjardins, and Fragments of Pluralist Federalist Thought

Part Four "Schools" of Thought and Research

12 Historian Michel Brunet and Canadian Federalism: "If I were [an English] Canadian, I would be the most ardent and enthusiastic centralizer there could be"

13 The Quebec "School" of History and the Idea of Federalism

14 The Quebec School of Diversity: The Emergence, Unfolding, and Renewal of a Line of Authentic Federalist Thought

Part Five Legal Considerations in Federalist Thought

15 Federalism and Canadian Foreign Policy: The Conception of the Gérin-Lajoie Doctrine

16 Quebec and Constitutional Conventions: Precarious Safeguards in Unwritten Federalism

17 The Root of the Deadlock: The Constitutional Veto in Federalist Thought in Quebec

18 Canadian Federalism since the 1982 Patriation: Advocating a Federalism of Empowerment

In Conclusion an Overture The Pressing Need for Federalist Forward Thinking in Quebec and the Rest of Canada

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Translation of: La pensée fédéraliste contemporaine au Québec : perspectives historiques.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 11, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Contemporary federalist thought in Quebec.

ISBN:

9780228017912

0228017912

9780228017929

0228017920

Publisher Number:

40031829270

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