Contemporary Quebec: Selected Readings and Commentaries Book

Acknowledgments ix

General Introduction 3

Section 1 The Duplessis Interregnum: A Conundrum 11

Duplessis: Quebec Turns Right Jacques Rouillard 17

Provincial Autonomy and the Defence of the Liberal State Jules Duchastel 31

Section 2 L'état Providence: Origins and Development 43

The Language of Children's Rights, the Formation of the Welfare State, and the Democratic Experience of Poor Families in Quebec, 1940-55 Dominique Marshall 49

Constituting "Post-Welfare State" Welfare Arrangements: The Role of Women's Movement Service Groups in Quebec Dominique Masson 78

Section 3 Catholicism in Quebec: Confronting Modernity 99

Student Leaders at the University of Montreal from 1950 to 1958: Beyond the "Carabin Persona" Nicole Neatby 105

From Rechristianization to Contestation: Catholic Values and Quebec Society, 1931-1970 Michael Gauvreau 126

Section 4 Quebec's "Quiet Revolution": Rupture And/Or Continuity 157

Georges-Henri Lévesque: Father of Quebec's Lucid Integration into Confederation, 1930-1962 Michael D. Behiels 165

The Quebec Quiet Revolution: A Noisy Evolution Donald Cuccioletta Martin Lubin 182

Section 5 The FLQ Crisis 197

The October Crisis of 1970: Human Rights Abuses under the War Measures Act Dominique Clément 203

Apprehended Insurrection? RCMP Intelligence and the October Crisis Reg Whitaker 228

Section 6 Organized Labour: Class, Nation, and Politics 245

Major Changes in the Confédération des travailleurs catholiques du Canada, 1940-1960 Jacques Rouillard 255

"Rapprocher les lieux du pouvoir": The Quebec Labour Movement and Quebec Sovereigntism, 1960-2000 Ralph P. Güntzel 280

Section 7 Women, Gender, and Sexuality 309

Québécoises deboutte! Nationalism and Feminism in Quebec, 1969-75 Sean Mills 319

The Yvettes as the Expression of a Federalist Feminism in Quebec Stéphanie Godin 338

Nationalism and Social Movement Politics: Gay and Lesbian Rights and the Effect of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Quebec Miriam Smith 360

Section 8 The Politics of Language 383

Rights in Conflict: Contemporary Disputes over Language Policy in Quebec C. Michael MacMillan 393

Bilingualism versus Unilingualism: Federal and Provincial Language Education Policies in Quebec, 1960-85 Matthew Hayday 418

Section 9 Ethnocultural Communities: Unity in Diversity 447

Context and Integration: The Allophone Communities in Quebec Ines Molinaro 455

Quebec Sovereignty and the Challenge of Linguistic and Ethnocultural Minorities: Identity, Difference, and the Politics of Ressentiment Daniel Salée 472

Section 10 Aboriginal Communities in Quebec 495

Ally or Colonizer? The Federal State, the Cree Nation, and the James Bay Agreement Paul Rynard 503

A Watershed of Words: Litigating and Negotiating Nature in Eastern James Bay, 1971-1975 Hans M. Carlson 544

Nations at War: Voice, Peaceful Resistance, and Mobilization Linda Pertusati 564

Section 11 Quebec and the Canadian Question: Competing Conceptions of Duality and Federalism 579

Perspectives on Quebec-Canada Relations in the 1990s: Is the Reconciliation of Ethnicity, Nationality, and Citizenship Possible? Gérard Boismenu 591

Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Identity in Canada-Quebec Relations: The Case of Quebec's "Distinct Society" Michael Burgess 609

The Politics of Nationalism in Quebec: The Case of the Bélanger-Campeau Commission Max Nemni 628

Section 12 The 1995 Referendum 653

The 1995 Quebec Referendum: How the Sovereignty Partnership Proposal Turned the Campaign Around Guy Lachapelle 663

Quebec Women and the Constitutional Issue: A Scattered Group Chantal Maillé 681

Section 13 Quebec Identity Politics in Transition 695

Quebec in the Emerging North American Configuration Daniel Latouche 703

"Remembering (from) Where You're Going": Memory as Legacy and Inheritance Jocelyn Létourneau 730

Section 14 Quebec on the World Stage 755

The Domestic Politics of Quebec's Quest for External Distinctiveness Louis Bélanger 761

The Federal Context: Ottawa as Padlock or Partner? Ben Rowswell 778