Neoliberalism and national culture : state-building and legitimacy in Canada and Québec
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Neoliberalism and national culture : state-building and legitimacy in Canada and Québec
（Studies in critical social sciences, v. 38）
Brill, 2011
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Bibliography: p. [247]-266
Includes index
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Description
Neoliberal globalization is understood to have a corrosive effect on the state. Reductions in economic regulatory capacities combined with an ideological attack on the public necessity of social spending has left many with the impression that the state is a weakened institution, at best. This book argues that despite popular claims to the contrary, global capitalism requires state institutional authority, but the legitimation of this authority is increasingly tied to cultural rather than economic means. Canada and Quebec 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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
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
3. Canada: History and the Quest for National Identity
4. Quebec: History and the Centrality of National Identity
Part Three: Economic Globalization, Labor Migration, and Social Integration
5. The Global Market Economy: History and Impact on Canada and Quebec
6. Ethnic Diversification and Labor Migration
7. Multiculturalism, Interculturalism, and the Changing Definition of National Culture
8. The Importance of Culture in Neoliberal State-Building
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