Alain‐g Gagnon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alain‐g Gagnon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alain‐g |
| FAMILY NAME | Gagnon |
| SIGNATURE | GAGNON A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6243-5868 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 4 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Varieties of employment equity architectures in Canada
This research note explores approaches adopted by Canadian provinces to promote more representative provincial government bureaucracies. Three dimensions of employment equity are analyzed and compared for each province: the governance framework, the groups targeted, and the data reported. Each province is classified as belonging to one of four “employment equity architectures”: the absent architecture, the minimalist architecture, the partial arc…
Language Matters
The representation of Canada's two main linguistic groups in the teaching of Canadian politics is crucial, but we know little about it. In this article, we analyze the systemic underrepresentation of francophone authors in Canadian political science by examining the research that students are exposed to. Based on data from 351 syllabi across 42 Canadian universities, as well as data from the reading list of the doctoral qualifying field exams in …
Le choc des légitimités
L’avenir du fédéralisme canadien
Multinational federalism
Democratic multinational federalism is not to be conceived as panacea but as a concrete way of achieving three key objectives that are essential for the management of conflicts, namely (1) decoupling and distinguish the notions of ‘nation’ and ‘state’, (2) strengthening a sense of identity through the implementation of politics of recognition and (3) developing a better equilibrium between self-rule and shared rule through the implementation of a…
Majority, State Nationalism, and New Research Pathways
In this contribution, Alain-G Gagnon reflects on existing scholarship on majority and state nationalism, arguing that minority and majority nationalism are broadly similar in their intent. Both seek to promote a set of values, myths and meaning systems within a given political community which exists on a specific territory, shares a common language and a history. As a result, there are several promising avenues for research on state and majority …
Ré-imaginer le Canada
Ré-imaginer les termes sur lesquels repose l’association politique canadienne via l’approfondissement des principes constitutionnels du fédéralisme, de la démocratie, du constitutionnalisme et de la protection des minorités : voilà le but des auteurs.
Symbolic predispositions, interests and official languages legislation
Debates over official languages are often intrinsically linked to questions of national identity, prejudice, and intergroup relations. However, official language legislation also has consequences for the day-to-day affairs of many citizens. As such, it also brings to the forefront considerations of costs and benefits, or the ways in which the material interests of individual citizens and their linguistic groups might be affected by these laws. In…
Discourses, actors and citizens in the communicative construction of conflicts
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Michel Sarra-Bournet, fils de la Révolution tranquille
Michel Sarra-Bournet, fils de la Révolution tranquille. An article from journal Bulletin d'histoire politique (La république apprivoisée : racisme et institutions dans l’histoire politique des États-Unis), on Érudit
The Quebec Conference of 1864
Contemporary Canadian Federalism
Del referéndum a la secesión - El proceso quebequense de acceso a la soberanía y las lecciones aprendidas con respecto a la autodeterminación = From referendum to secession - The Québécois process of …
Como resultado de los dos referenda sobre la soberanía en 1980 y 1995, Quebec se ha convertido en un caso clave entre el resto de democracias occidentales. Se trata de un estado moderno desarrollado que intenta obtener su independencia, no en tiempo de guerra ni debido a una opresión política grave, ni con el fin de poner fin a una ocupación colonial de sus territorios o de liberarse de un sistema político antidemocrático, sino por razones que so…
Understanding Federalism and Federation
Contents: Preface, Murray Forsyth Introduction, Alain-G. Gagnon, Soeren Keil and Sean Mueller. Part I Evolving Federal Traditions and Federal Systems: Comparing federal political systems, Ronald L. Watts Federalism: essence, values and ideologies, Frederic Lepine. Part II Charting Federalism and Federations: George W. Bush and the spirit of coercive federalism, John Kincaid In search of constitutional federalism: American perspectives, G. Alan Ta…
The Constitutions that Shaped Us
The representation of ethnic and linguistic groups in the federal civil service of B elgium and C anada
This article investigates how the struggles of national groups have affected the politics of bureaucratic representation of ethnic minorities in B elgium and C anada, and vice‐versa. It argues that the politics of multinational representation in B elgium limited the adoption of measures seeking to guarantee a greater representation of ethnic and racial minorities. In contrast, the politics of multiculturalism in C anada associated with the politi…
Contemporary Majority Nationalism
Interculturalism
Empowerment et diversité culturelle
Le présent texte explore l’articulation entre l’empowerment et la diversité culturelle, et notamment les voies prometteuses du jumelage entre ces deux termes. L’apport de la philosophie de Charles Taylor conjuguée aux récentes théories du fédéralisme permet de porter un regard nouveau sur la thématique des revendications identitaires en milieu urbain et d’esquisser des solutions institutionnelles pour répondre au double défi posé par le pluralism…
Empowerment et diversité culturelle
Le présent texte explore l’articulation entre l’ empowerment et la diversité culturelle, et notamment les voies prometteuses du jumelage entre ces deux termes. L’apport de la philosophie de Charles Taylor conjuguée aux récentes théories du fédéralisme permet de porter un regard nouveau sur la thématique des revendications identitaires en milieu urbain et d’esquisser des solutions institutionnelles pour répondre au double défi posé par le pluralis…
The Case for Multinational Federalism
Throughout the world, liberal-democracies are grappling with increasing claims made in the name of minority national, socio-cultural and ethno-cultural identities that seek greater recognition in the institutions of the nation-state. This work inserts itself into debates centred on diversity through a normative and empirical analytical assessment of the political sociology of multinational democracies. The main thread of the arguments put forward…
Familial and Environmental Influences on Longevity in Historical Quebec
Les données de la démographique historique constituent un excellent cadre pour l’examen des composantes familiales et environnementales de la longévité. À partir des données du Registre de population du Québec ancien, élaboré par le Programme de recherche en démographie historique de l’Université de Montréal, nous avons exploré la relation entre la mortalité des personnes et la longévité de leur fratrie, de leurs parents et de leur conjoint dans …
Le programme d'histoire au secondaire. Une nouvelle version à recentrer
Le programme d’histoire au secondaire. Une nouvelle version à recentrer : lettre ouverte à Monsieur Jean-Marc Fournier Ministre de l’Éducation du loisir et des sports. An article from journal Bulletin d'histoire politique (Débat sur le programme d’enseignement de l’histoire au Québec), on Érudit
Le fédéralisme canadien contemporain
Au cours des dernières décennies, les Canadiens ont connu bien des variantes du fédéralisme, allant de la concertation sous Lester B. Pearson à l'asymétrie administrative sous le tandem Pelletier-Charest, en passant par le fédéralisme rentable chez Robert Bourassa et le fédéralisme dominateur chez Pierre Elliot Trudeau. S'agit-il de tendances qui viennent inspirer les nouvelles générations d'électeurs ? Ou s'agit-il de modes appelées à se remplac…
La bureaucratie représentative au sein des états multinationaux
The authors provide a comparative analysis of representative bureaucracy in multinational states, described as being states with more than one group which defines itself as a nation. A clear distinction is made between multinational states (with their historically, culturally and ethnically established minorities) and multiethnic states (with their ethnic communities made up of different waves of immigration, whose culture is more reflected in fa…
Multinational federalism
Democratic multinational federalism is not to be conceived as panacea but as a concrete way of achieving three key objectives that are essential for the management of conflicts, namely (1) decoupling and distinguish the notions of ‘nation’ and ‘state’, (2) strengthening a sense of identity through the implementation of politics of recognition and (3) developing a better equilibrium between self-rule and shared rule through the implementation of a…
Genèse de la société québécoise
Constitutional ambiguity and federal trust
Language Matters
The representation of Canada's two main linguistic groups in the teaching of Canadian politics is crucial, but we know little about it. In this article, we analyze the systemic underrepresentation of francophone authors in Canadian political science by examining the research that students are exposed to. Based on data from 351 syllabi across 42 Canadian universities, as well as data from the reading list of the doctoral qualifying field exams in …
The Future of Federalism
La bureaucratie représentative au sein des états multinationaux
The authors provide a comparative analysis of representative bureaucracy in multinational states, described as being states with more than one group which defines itself as a nation. A clear distinction is made between multinational states (with their historically, culturally and ethnically established minorities) and multiethnic states (with their ethnic communities made up of different waves of immigration, whose culture is more reflected in fa…
Familial and Environmental Influences on Longevity in Historical Quebec
Les données de la démographique historique constituent un excellent cadre pour l’examen des composantes familiales et environnementales de la longévité. À partir des données du Registre de population du Québec ancien, élaboré par le Programme de recherche en démographie historique de l’Université de Montréal, nous avons exploré la relation entre la mortalité des personnes et la longévité de leur fratrie, de leurs parents et de leur conjoint dans …
Fédéralisme et identités collectives au Canada et en Belgique
The end of the twentieth century is marked by tensions between universalism and particularism which are particularly glaring in plurinational and pluriethnic countries. This article attempts first to demonstrate the importance and the difficulty in reaching a balance between unity and diversity in pluralistic countries. Even in the cases of Canada and Belgium, where conditions are among the most favourable, federal solutions adopted since the 196…
Majority, State Nationalism, and New Research Pathways
In this contribution, Alain-G Gagnon reflects on existing scholarship on majority and state nationalism, arguing that minority and majority nationalism are broadly similar in their intent. Both seek to promote a set of values, myths and meaning systems within a given political community which exists on a specific territory, shares a common language and a history. As a result, there are several promising avenues for research on state and majority …
Symbolic predispositions, interests and official languages legislation
Debates over official languages are often intrinsically linked to questions of national identity, prejudice, and intergroup relations. However, official language legislation also has consequences for the day-to-day affairs of many citizens. As such, it also brings to the forefront considerations of costs and benefits, or the ways in which the material interests of individual citizens and their linguistic groups might be affected by these laws. In…
The representation of ethnic and linguistic groups in the federal civil service of B elgium and C anada
This article investigates how the struggles of national groups have affected the politics of bureaucratic representation of ethnic minorities in B elgium and C anada, and vice‐versa. It argues that the politics of multinational representation in B elgium limited the adoption of measures seeking to guarantee a greater representation of ethnic and racial minorities. In contrast, the politics of multiculturalism in C anada associated with the politi…
Politics in the Vernacular
Quebec
Varieties of employment equity architectures in Canada
This research note explores approaches adopted by Canadian provinces to promote more representative provincial government bureaucracies. Three dimensions of employment equity are analyzed and compared for each province: the governance framework, the groups targeted, and the data reported. Each province is classified as belonging to one of four “employment equity architectures”: the absent architecture, the minimalist architecture, the partial arc…
Discourses, actors and citizens in the communicative construction of conflicts
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Quebec
Social Scientists and Politics in Canada
Social scientists have played many roles in Canadian politics since the Second World War. Stephen Brooks and Alain Gagnon examine the forms and extent of social scientists' involvement in the political process, their relationship to the state, and the complexities of their class position. The unique development of the social sciences in Quebec and their relationship to Quebec nationalism are examined and distinctions between development in this c…
Restons traditionnels et progressifs
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The Development of American Public Policy
Social Scientists, Policy, and the State
Preface Introduction The Influence of Social Scientists on Public Policy Social Scientists and Policy The Third Community, Policy Inquiry, and Social Scientists Policy Paradigms, Experts and the State: The Case of Macroeconomic Policy-Making in Britain The Market for Social Scientific Knowledge: The Case of Free Trade in Canada Knowledge, Power, and the State The Uneasy Partnership Endures: Social Science and Government Social Science and State D…
Les institutions québécoises
Les institutions québécoises: leur rôle, leur avenir. Actes du colloque du cinquantième anniversaire de la Faculté des sciences sociales de l'Université LavalVincent Lemieux et collaborateurs Québec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1990, 330 p. - Volume 24 Issue 2
The Future of Federalism
Les intellectuels et le politique
Les intellectuels et le politique: le Québec des années 1960. An article from journal Bulletin d'histoire politique (Les intellectuels et la politique dans le Québec contemporain. Actes du colloque du 20 mai 1994), on Érudit
Genèse de la société québécoise
Canadian parties in transition
Quebec
Fédéralisme et identités collectives au Canada et en Belgique
The end of the twentieth century is marked by tensions between universalism and particularism which are particularly glaring in plurinational and pluriethnic countries. This article attempts first to demonstrate the importance and the difficulty in reaching a balance between unity and diversity in pluralistic countries. Even in the cases of Canada and Belgium, where conditions are among the most favourable, federal solutions adopted since the 196…
Smiley Prize
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Canadian Political Science Association 1999 Programme Committee/Association canadienne de science politique, Comité du programme 1999
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André Laurendeau
L'etude de la pensee politique d'Andre Laurendeau nous amene a constater a quel point les notions de communaute, d'egalite et de liberte sont etroitement imbriquees les unes dans les autres. Si le concept de communaute nous semble central plus que tout autre a la comprehension de sa pensee, les notions d'egalite et de liberte ne sont pas moins importantes. L'omission de l'une ou de l'autre de ces trois notions entrainerait inevitablement l'echec …
La gouverne dans la tempête de verglas
Sommaire: L'analyse détaillée des rapports d'autorité entre les acteurs de l'arène politique qui impliquent les différentes instances décisionnelles a contribuéà la compréhension des stratégies et des objectifs poursuivis par chacun des acteurs en présence. En outre, la gestion de la crise du verglas a permis de rendre compte de diverses stratégies, notamment celles qui ont conduit les autorités municipales à exercer davantage leur rôle de porte‐…
Constitutional ambiguity and federal trust
Multinational Democracies
Multinational Democracies, first published in 2001, was the first collaborative, multiperspective critical survey of a new and distinctive type of political association that is coming into prominence in the twenty-first century. These are democratic societies that are not only multicultural but also multinational: that is, they comprise two or more nations. Fifteen leading comparative political scientists and political theorists from Europe and N…
Quebec
Managing Diversity in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Canada
(2003). Managing Diversity in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Canada: Québec's Constitutional Development in Light of the Scottish Experience. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics: Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 1-23
Politics in the Vernacular
Le fédéralisme canadien contemporain
Au cours des dernières décennies, les Canadiens ont connu bien des variantes du fédéralisme, allant de la concertation sous Lester B. Pearson à l'asymétrie administrative sous le tandem Pelletier-Charest, en passant par le fédéralisme rentable chez Robert Bourassa et le fédéralisme dominateur chez Pierre Elliot Trudeau. S'agit-il de tendances qui viennent inspirer les nouvelles générations d'électeurs ? Ou s'agit-il de modes appelées à se remplac…
La bureaucratie représentative au sein des états multinationaux
The authors provide a comparative analysis of representative bureaucracy in multinational states, described as being states with more than one group which defines itself as a nation. A clear distinction is made between multinational states (with their historically, culturally and ethnically established minorities) and multiethnic states (with their ethnic communities made up of different waves of immigration, whose culture is more reflected in fa…
Familial and Environmental Influences on Longevity in Historical Quebec
Les données de la démographique historique constituent un excellent cadre pour l’examen des composantes familiales et environnementales de la longévité. À partir des données du Registre de population du Québec ancien, élaboré par le Programme de recherche en démographie historique de l’Université de Montréal, nous avons exploré la relation entre la mortalité des personnes et la longévité de leur fratrie, de leurs parents et de leur conjoint dans …
Le programme d'histoire au secondaire. Une nouvelle version à recentrer
Le programme d’histoire au secondaire. Une nouvelle version à recentrer : lettre ouverte à Monsieur Jean-Marc Fournier Ministre de l’Éducation du loisir et des sports. An article from journal Bulletin d'histoire politique (Débat sur le programme d’enseignement de l’histoire au Québec), on Érudit
The Case for Multinational Federalism
Throughout the world, liberal-democracies are grappling with increasing claims made in the name of minority national, socio-cultural and ethno-cultural identities that seek greater recognition in the institutions of the nation-state. This work inserts itself into debates centred on diversity through a normative and empirical analytical assessment of the political sociology of multinational democracies. The main thread of the arguments put forward…
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