POL214Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Distinct Society, Language Politics
1 May 2019
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Introduction: focuses on quebec as forming part of an inclusive political nationalist, and a co-founding nation supporting and valuing the principle of co-sovereignty, as a distinct nation, region- state, and multinational democracy. Instrumental in defending the rights of the constituent member states: contributed to protecting their short-term identities. Face 3: distinct society: quebec as a distinct society has been present in canada since the beginning of. Confederation: the notion of distinct society, first entered in political milieus in the late 50s after the tremblay commission as. Quebec"s provincial political parties were attempting to understand the best ways to assert quebec"s place within the canadian federation: the central government launched the task force on canadian unity after the election of. Face 4: region-state: quebec can be said to be a region-state because its political and economic elites are in position to use state power to provide quebec with a competitive edge in the world economy.
