• Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Search for AffirmationPart one: principled affirmationsSection one: Against Quebec-in-Canada: Liberal-Democratic Critiques2 Liberal Critiques of Quebec-in-Canada-- 3 Democratic Critiques of Quebec-in-Canadasection two: Affirming Quebec-in-Canada: Justice and Liberalism4 Just Secession? Partition Reconsidered-- 5 Liberal Affirmations of Quebec-in-Canadasection three: Beyond Justice: The Sense of Mission, Complex Fraternity, and Developmental Visions6 Quebec-in-Canada as Global Exemplar-- 7 Moral Foundations? Complex Fraternity and Dissociation as "Tragedy" 8 From Progress to Dialogue: Developmental Visions of the Multinational State Part two: beyond principled affirmations: sketching the experiential9 Quebec and Experiential Affirmation Concluding Note Notes-- Works Cited-- Index.
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The possibility of Quebec's departure has long haunted Canadian politics, and English-speaking Canadians have resisted such a break. But why, and how, does Quebec's membership in the existing constitutional order matter to Canadians outside Quebec? "Secession and Self" goes beyond debates over the economic and institutional effects of Quebec separation to look at the normative dimensions of resistance to secession. Drawing from Charles Taylor, James Tully, and many others, Gregory Millard explores the central role Quebec plays in ideas of what makes Canada worthwhile. He argues that a break with Quebec would impair Canada's ability to realize ideals such as liberalism, fraternity, and developmental accounts of citizenship and would undercut attempts to locate Canadian identity in narratives of history and place.In lieu of a single argument against the departure of Quebec, Millard considers the variety and richness of the affirmations involved in Quebec-in-Canada as a particular kind of multinational state. Taking into account the many efforts to grapple with one of the deepest challenges in Canadian history, "Secession and Self" provides an insightful account of the variegated ties between Canada, Quebec, and visions of the good.
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No struggle has been more contentious or of longer duration in Mexican national history than that between a centripetal power in the capital and the centrifugal federalism of the Mexican states. Much as they do in the United States, such tensions still endure in Mexico, despite the centralising effect of the Mexican Revolution of 1910-20. Timothy E. Anna turns his attention upon the crucial postindependence period of 1821-35 to understand both the theoretical and the practical causes of the development of this polarity. He attempts to determine how much influence can be ascribed to such causes as the model of the United States, the effect of European thinkers, and the shifting self-interest of various leaders and groups in Mexican society. The result is a nuanced and thoughtful analysis of the development of one of the defining characteristics of the Mexican nation: regional power and sovereignty of the state. Forging Mexico, 1821-1835 is a study both of the political history of the first republic and of the struggle to forge nationhood. Timothy E. Anna is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Manitoba. His books include The Fall of the Royal Government in Mexico City and The Mexican Empire of Iturbide.
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This collection of essays examines federalism and nationalism in Canada, emphasizing issues surrounding the Canada/Quebec question since 1971. It analyzes the singularity of Quebec within the larger Canadian mosaic, providing a reasoned defence for the recognition of Quebec's distinctiveness within a reformed federal system. The author brings to his reflections on nationalism and federalism the fruits of a more universal philosophical discourse rooted in the Enlightenment and before. Its hallmarks are terms such as recognition, self-determination, atomism, and modernity. Notwithstanding his long involvement in philosophical reflections, Taylor has avoided the role of the disengaged intellectual, always remaining close to political action and debate in Canada. To his philosophical discourse, therefore, is added a knowledge of Quebec society from the vantage point of an English-speaking citizen with profound roots within it. He suggests that it will be necessary to think in terms of deep diversity if Canada is to stay together in the 21st century. Eight of the essays, published between 1965 and 1992, are drawn from the "Queen's Quarterly", edited scholarly books, a research study for the MacDonald Commission on Canada's Economic and Political Future, and an English translation of his submission to Quebec's Belanger-Campeau Commission. The concluding paper was written specially for this volume.
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