Social Movements and the National Question in Quebec

The Institutional Legacy of a Cleavage

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6236783
AutoresPierre Dufour (0000-0002-3912-7354, Université de Montréal, autor correspondente), Jean-Vincent Bergeron-Gaudin (0009-0006-8926-1419, Université de Montréal), Luc Chicoine (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Ano2020
Volume53
Fascículo3
Páginas658-675
Data de publicação2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCanadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008423920000347
OpenAlexW3037542507
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas40

By taking a historical perspective on the higher education and the housing sectors in Quebec, we demonstrate how the political cleavage around the national question has had long-term effects on the dynamic of contention in these two sectors. At a general level, the presence of this cleavage has favoured the adoption of institutional arrangements related to funding that have allowed the reproduction of social protest over time. Nevertheless, the institutional arrangements vary from one sector to another: in the case of higher education, Bill 32, adopted in 1983, facilitated the division of the student movement into two branches and, to some extent, its dynamism; in the case of housing, the AccèsLogis program and thecontribution au secteur, implemented in 1997, ensured the selection of claims for social housing and favoured the grouping that leads this issue. In both cases, the national question is at the heart of the process that led to the adoption of these policies

Cleavage (geology · Dynamism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Law · Public Administration · Social Policies and Family · Social Sciences and Governance