Fated to Live in Interesting Times

Canada's Changing Citizenship Regimes

Bibliographic Data

ID6239913
AuthorsJane Jenson (0000-0003-3152-7457, Université de Montréal, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume30
Issue4
Pages627-644
Publication date1997-12-01
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/s0008423900016450
OpenAlexW2078319059
LanguageEN
Citations received41
References cited13

This article presents a way of thinking about citizenship which incorporates theoretical elements of historical institutionalism and political economy. These provide the tools for identifying patterns of change in visions of the proper form of the triangular relationship among the state, the market and communities. These discourses, as well as the practices which result from it, are labelled the citizenship regime. The history of this concept is analyzed to account for some of the difficulties of contemporary Canada. There is now a double challenge. Increasingly, Quebec and the rest of Canada promote a different balance of responsibility among the state, market and communities. As well, neo-liberal efforts to reduce deficits and redesign government are challenging received ideas of solidarity. The result is that the pan-Canadian and Quebec's citizenship regimes are diverging

Balance (ability · Citizenship · Economic system · Economics · Government (linguistics · Institutionalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · State (computer science · Vision · Canadian Identity and History · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Sciences and Governance

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