Format:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 270 pages)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9789004211100
Series Statement:
Studies in critical social sciences v. 38
Content:
Preliminary Material -- Introduction Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Rasputin State -- Legitimating State Authority in an Age of Neoliberal Globalization -- Historical Background Canada: History and the Quest for National Identity -- Québec: History and the Centrality of National Identity -- Economic Globalization, Labor Migration, and Social Integration The Global Market Economy: History and Impact on Canada and Québec -- Ethnic Diversification and Labor Migration -- Multiculturalism, Interculturalism, and the Changing Definition of National Culture -- The Emerging Role of Culture in Neoliberal State-Building -- Bibliography -- Index.
Content:
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 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-266) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004211117
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Neoliberalism and National Culture: State-Building and Legitimacy in Canada and Québec Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2011 ISBN 9789004211117
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789004211100
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