Social Movements and the National Question in Quebec

The Institutional Legacy of a Cleavage

Bibliographic Data

ID6236783
AuthorsPierre Dufour (0000-0002-3912-7354, Université de Montréal, corresponding author), Jean-Vincent Bergeron-Gaudin (0009-0006-8926-1419, Université de Montréal), Luc Chicoine (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Year2020
Volume53
Issue3
Pages658-675
Publication date2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008423920000347
OpenAlexW3037542507
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited40

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