Bulletin n. 1-2/2014
November 2014
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Gagnon Alain-G.
    The Five Faces of Quebec
    in Europe en formation (L') , n. 369, 2013/3 ,  2013 ,  39-52
    Various uses of key concepts such as political nationality, nation, distinct society, region-state, and multinational democracy have a significant impact on the way one imagines constituent units in federal states. My intention in the following article is to introduce the main faces and narratives that have surfaced and resurfaced since the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec and assess their impact on the mind-set of Canadians and Quebecers. Though I chose not to include the notion of stateless nation to depict Quebec, since this political community has developed major state apparatuses active in paradiplomacy, education, culture, economy, and intergovernmental matters that would make many existing countries very envious of its accomplishments. The concepts of minority nation, of global society or of province proved to be less relevant to discuss the Quebec-Canada dynamics since Quebecers conceive of themselves as forming one of the two principal political communities in the country.
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