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Political Science History & Theory

Community Besieged

The Anglophone Minority and the Politics of Quebec

by (author) Garth Stevenson

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jun 1999
Category
History & Theory, State & Provincial
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773518391
    Publish Date
    Jun 1999
    List Price
    $125.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773567757
    Publish Date
    Jun 1999
    List Price
    $95.00

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In Community Besieged Garth Stevenson describes the unusual circumstances that allowed English-speaking Quebecers to live in virtual isolation from their francophone neighbours for almost a century after Confederation. He describes their relations with Maurice Duplessis and the Union Nationale and their ambivalent response to the Quiet Revolution. New political issues - language policy, educational reform, sovereignty, and the constitution - undermined the old system of elite accommodation in Quebec, causing conflicts between anglophones and francophones and creating a new sense of anglophone identity that transcends religious differences. The changing relations of Quebec anglophones with the major political parties, as well as the role of newer entities such as Alliance Quebec and the Equality Party, are also examined. Stevenson concludes with a look at the future of anglophones in Quebec. Based in part on interviews with more than sixty English-speaking Quebecers who have played prominent parts in Quebec's political life, Community Besieged is a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the political life of this unique minority at both the federal and provincial level.

About the author

Garth Stevenson is professor, political science, Brock University, and author of Ex Uno Plures, Community Besieged, and Unfulfilled Union.

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