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National Identity Examined: A Study of the Quebec Nation

By Rachel Ariey-Jouglard — Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 (Posted in Essays & Articles)

… 2000. “La modernité pluraliste du Québec : de la nation à la citoyenneté”. In Michel Venne, ed., Penser la nation québécoise. Montréal : Éditions Québec Amérique, 189-198.
Juteau, Danielle. 2002a. “Le défi de l’option pluraliste”. In Michel Venne, ed., Penser la nation québécoise. Montréal : Éditions Québec Amérique, 199-214.
Juteau, Danielle. 2002b. …




From Disabled to Dispossessed: CPP Disability Benefits and the Decline of Social Citizenship

By Mary Rita Holland — Thursday, April 10th, 2008 (Posted in Essays & Articles)

… Jenson argues, “citizenship is never simply a synonym for nationality” (Jenson, 1997: 627). Many scholars of the welfare state focus on the goal of enhancing social citizenship as its primary objective. T.H. Marshall (1950) is credited with the first comprehensive study of the link between social welfare and citizenship rights. The rapid industrialization of post-war Britain and the …




Travelling third class: regulating the transport of farm animals in Canada

By Michelle Barrett — Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 (Posted in Abstracts)

… Curry. Complimenting this relational conception of knowledge production, I will draw on the conceptual toolbox offered by Deborah Stone in attempting to examine the meanings and ideas that shape political processes. Theories around boundary tensions, as articulated by Stone, as well as in the work of Thomas Gieryn, have been important analytical tools in my research, and indicate to me a …