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Raffaele Iacovino
Bio: Raffaele Iacovino is an academic researcher. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 27 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that this shortlived incursion into more exclusionary politics are the direct result of a variety of factors that go beyond standard normative principles usually attributed to citizenship and actually reflect structural difficulties associated with Quebec's status as an unrecognized minority nation.
Abstract: Did the introduction of the Charter of Quebec Values in September 2013 signal a repudiation of Quebec's longstanding consensus on liberal-pluralism in its dominant integration model? While the Charter died as a result of the election defeat of the minority Parti Quebecols government In May, 2014, its salience and impact continues to be felt, in that it has moved the normative benchmarks around ethnocultural and ethno-religious diversity and represents a qualitatively new framework for regulating the terms of belonging in Quebec. This paper, however, contends that such a reading of the legacy of the Charter misses a significant part of the story. A broader contextual overview reveals that recent events in Quebec are conditioned by variables associated with the unfinished nature of a constitutive project for national integration. Regardless of whether or not the proposed Charter signaled a permanent normative turn in Quebec, or merely an intensification and greater polarization of an interminable argument, this paper will attempt to provide some context with which to interpret this 'trial balloon' of the minority Parti Quebecois government in power from 2012-2014. I argue that this short-lived incursion into more exclusionary politics are the direct result of a variety of factors that go beyond standard normative principles usually attributed to citizenship and actually reflect structural difficulties associated with Quebec's status as an unrecognized minority nation. The article will proceed to highlight the primary Identity-forging Initiatives undertaken by Quebec in lieu of citizenship, and conclude with some reflections on some distortions that may be attributable to a protracted, frustrated and unfinished constitutive journey. Resume L'introduction de la Charte des Valeurs du Quebec en Septembre 2013 aurait-elle signifie le renoncement d'un consensus de longue date du Quebec au pluralisme liberal dans son modele d'integration dominante? Bien que l'arret de la Charte alt eu pour resultat la defaite du Parti quebecois devenu minoritaire au gouvernement pendant les electlons de mai 2014, son importance et son impact continuent de se faire sentir, dans le sens ou elle a deplace les reperes normatifs autour de la diversite ethnoculturelle et ethno--religieuse; et represente une structure qui reglementer qualitativement les conditions d'appartenance au Quebec. Toutefois, cet article tente de s'opposer a une telle lecture de l'heritage de la Charte qui semble avoir omis une importante partie de l'histoire. Une approche contextuelle plus large revele que les evenements recents au Quebec ont ete conditionnes par les variables associees a la nature inachevee du projet constitute de l'integration nationale. Peu importe si oui ou non le projet de Charte a marque un tournant normatif permanent au Quebec, ou simplement une intensification et une plus grande polarisation d'un argument interminable, cet article va tenter de fournir un contexte avec lequel interpreter ce > de la minorite du Parti quebecois au pouvoir dans le gouvernement de 2012-2014. Je postule que cette incursion de courte duree dans la politique d'exclusion sont plus le resultat direct d'une variete de facteurs qui vont au-dela des principes normatifs standards generalement attribues a la citoyennete et fait reflechir a des difficultes structurelles liees au statut du Quebec comme une nation minoritaire non reconnue. L'article va proceder a mettre l'accent sur les initiatives de renforcement d'identites primaires forgees, entrepris par le Quebec en lieu et place de la citoyennete, et de conclure avec quelques reflexions sur certaines distorsions qul pourraient etre attribuables a un periple constitutif prolonge, frustrant et inacheve. INTRODUCTION From French-Canadian survivance to Quebecois national integration, the road to citizenship in Quebec has been a fascinating study in collective introspection. …
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TL;DR: The authors show that the federal framework of'multiculturalism within a bilingual framework' obscures the realities confronting Francophone minority communities and thus their capacity to integrate newcomers, on both empirical and normative grounds.
Abstract: This paper addresses one particular feature of Canada's accommodation of diversity—the existence of French-language communities outside of Quebec and New Brunswick—to show how there continues to be conceptual difficulties in reconciling Canada's many diversities. More specifically, we are concerned with conceptual ambiguities associated with the place of these minority communities in Canada's constitutive political sociology, and difficulties in promoting a coherent set of policies for their flourishing. Moreover, this paper will not simply rehash arguments about their formal and conceptual status. We are interested in illuminating a recent initiative that seeks to direct immigrants to these communities in the hope of maintaining their overall percentage of the Canadian population. This is a development that has received little attention to date from the perspective of the scholarship of multiculturalism and minority rights, and political theory more generally. We argue that the strategy to target Francophone minority communities as 'sites' of integration represents a false promise for both these communities and immigrants. This article will show that the federal framework of 'multiculturalism within a bilingual framework' obscures the realities confronting Francophone minority communities and thus their capacity to integrate newcomers, on both empirical and normative grounds. Resume: Cet article porte sur un cas particulier de l'accommodement canadien de la diversite - l'existence de communautes francophones en dehors du Quebec et du Nouveau-Brunswick - pour montrer comment des difficultes conceptuelles a reconcilier les multiples aspects de cette diversite sont encore presentes. Plus precisement, ce qui nous concerne, ce sont les ambiguites de la sociologie politique constitutive du Canada envers la place donnee a ces communautes minoritaires et les difficultes promouvoir un ensemble coherent de politiques en faveur de leur epanouissement. De plus, il ne s'agit pas ici de simplement repeter les arguments sur leur statut formel et conceptuel. Ce qui nous interesse, c'est d'eclairer une initiative recente qui tente de diriger des immigrants vers elles dans l'espoir de maintenir leur pourcentage general de la population canadienne. Ce developpement a recu peu d'attention du point de vue de la recherche sur le multiculturalisme et les droits des minorites, ainsi que sur la theorie politique en general. Nous soutenons que la strategie de viser les minorites francophones comme «lieux» d'integration represente une fausse promesse, aussi bien pour ces communautes que pour les immigrants. Nous montrons dans cet article que les modalites federales du «multiculturalisme dans un cadre bilingue» cachent les realites auxquelles elles sont confrontees et, donc, leur capacite a integrer les nouveaux-venus, aussi bien pour des raisons empiriques que normatives.
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01 Jan 2008
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Dissertation•
30 Oct 2019
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a list of table-based and table-augmented versions of the Table of Tableaux and Table of Figures (TableAUX).
Abstract: ........................................................................................................................................... II TABLE DES MATIÈRES ...................................................................................................................... III LISTE DES TABLEAUX ...................................................................................................................... IX LISTE DES FIGURES ............................................................................................................................ X REMERCIEMENTS ............................................................................................................................. XI
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TL;DR: The authors found that holding liberal values is associated with support for restrictions on the wearing of minority religious symbols in Quebec, but not with opposition to such restrictions in the rest of Canada, which may explain Quebecers' greater support for such restrictions.
Abstract: Proponents of restrictions on the wearing of religious symbols in public institutions in Quebec have often framed their support in the language of liberalism, with references to “gender equality”, “state neutrality” and “freedom of conscience”. However, efforts to account for support for restrictions on minority religious symbols rarely mention liberalism. In this article, we test the hypothesis that holding liberal values might have different attitudinal consequences in Quebec and the rest of Canada. Our findings demonstrate that holding liberal values is associated with support for restrictions on the wearing of minority religious symbols in Quebec, but it is associated with opposition to such restrictions in the rest of Canada. Moreover, this difference between Quebec and the rest of Canada in the relationship between liberal values and support for restrictions on minority religious symbols can explain Quebecers' greater support for restrictions.
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Journal Article•
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24 Mar 2016
TL;DR: In this article, a critique critique de la prise en compte et des representations de l’immigration dans la recherche sur les minorites francophones and ses liens avec les debats relatifs a l'identite canadienne.
Abstract: Le declin du nombre des Canadiens ayant le francais comme premiere langue officielle parlee a conduit l’Etat et les communautes francophones en milieu minoritaire a penser l’immigration comme une source de « vitalite ». Des plans specifiques d’attraction et de retention des immigrants francophones ont alors ete mis en place depuis le debut des annees 2000, faisant qu’aujourd’hui une proportion plus importante de la population francophone installee a l’exterieur du Quebec est immigrante et elle est a l’origine de nouveaux espaces francophones, plurilingues et multiculturels. Dans cet article, nous proposons une analyse critique de la prise en compte et des representations de l’immigration dans la recherche sur les minorites francophones et ses liens avec les debats relatifs a l’identite canadienne. Nous analysons ensuite le renouveau des recherches compte tenu de l’interet recent mais soutenu pour l’immigration francophone. Nous en soulignons les principaux themes tout en mettant l’accent sur la specificite « partenariale » du mode de production, comme certaines de ses limites.
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