Participation & Pluralism in Democracies, Pluralism, Canada - Ethnic & Race Relations, Québec History, Ethnic & Minority Studies - General & Miscellaneous, Inequality
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Overview
Over the last twenty-five years, the rise of a progressive, state-based Quebecois nationalism has substantially transformed the historical pattern of relationships between Quebec's French-speaking majority and its non-French-speaking minorities. A new era of Franco-phone dominance has been established in most areas of social life, and Anglophones have had to adjust to a new minority status with much reduced influence. Leslie Laczko draws on public opinion survey data, as well as on a diverse body of theoretical literature dealing with language, ethnicity, nationalism, and social change, to examine the ongoing restructuring of intercommunal relations in Quebec. In an age when we have come to expect the inevitable violence that ensues when conflicting social groups live in close proximity, Pluralism and Inequality in Quebec is a fascinating and heartening commentary on the way in which such a situation can be solved peacefully.Editorials
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Explores how the Francophone and Anglophone communities in Quebec have responded to the shift in power between them as a state- based nationalism has become established over the past quarter century. Laczko (sociology, U. of Ottawa) draws on public opinion survey data and theoretical literature dealing with language, ethnicity, nationalism, and social change to examine the restructuring of relations between the two communities, the acceptance by English-speakers of their minority status, and the behavior of French-speakers as the new socially and politically dominant group. Compares Quebec to other places where such shifts rarely occur without violence. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
February 1, 1996
Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Pages
242
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312100643