Neoliberalism and National Culture : State-Building and Legitimacy in Canada and Québec.
Title:
Neoliberalism and National Culture : State-Building and Legitimacy in Canada and Québec.
Author:
Blad, Cory.
ISBN:
9789004211100
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 pages)
Series:
Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; v.38
Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Contents:
Neoliberalism and National Culture -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Tables and Figures -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION -- 1. Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Rasputin State -- 2. Legitimating State Authority in an Age of Neoliberal Globalization -- PART TWO: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- Introduction -- 3. Canada: History and the Quest for National Identity -- 4. Québec: History and the Centrality of National Identity -- PART THREE: ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION, LABOR MIGRATION, AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION -- Introduction -- 5. The Global Market Economy: History and Impact on Canada and Québec -- 6. Ethnic Diversification and Labor Migration -- 7. Multiculturalism, Interculturalism, and the Changing Definition of National Culture -- 8. The Emerging Role of Culture in Neoliberal State-Building -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Canada and Québec are presented in historical comparative context as examples of how neoliberal states achieve global political economic integration while relying on cultural legitimation to maintain social policies working to mitigate social changes resulting from increased global integration.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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