Quebec in a Global Light: Reaching for the Common Ground - Couverture rigide

Livre 4 sur 5: Munk Series on Global Affairs

Calderisi, Robert

 
9781487504717: Quebec in a Global Light: Reaching for the Common Ground
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1487504713 ISBN 13 : 9781487504717
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2019

Synopsis

To the outside world, Quebec is Canada's most distinctive province. To many Canadians, it has sometimes seemed the most troublesome. But, over the last quarter century, quietly but steadily, it has wrestled successfully with two of the West's most daunting challenges: protecting national values in the face of mass immigration and striking a proper balance between economic efficiency and a sound social safety net. Quebec has also taken a lead in fighting climate change. Yet, many people - including many Quebeckers - are unaware of this progress and much remains to be done. These achievements, and the tenacity that made them possible, are rooted in centuries of adversity and struggle.

In this masterful survey of the major social and economic issues facing Quebec, Robert Calderisi offers an intimate look into the sensitivities and strengths of a society that has grown accustomed to being misunderstood. In doing so, he argues that the values uniting Quebeckers - their common sense, courtesy, concern for the downtrodden, aversion to conflict, and mild form of nationalism, linked to a firm refusal to be homogenized by globalization - make them the most Canadian of all Canadians.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert Calderisi was a Quebec Rhodes Scholar and is a former director of The World Bank. He is the author of The Trouble with Africa: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working (2006) and Earthly Mission: The Catholic Church and World Development (2013). He splits the year between Montreal, New York, and Paris.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1487504713
ISBN 13 
9781487504717
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
Buchpark GmbH
https://www.buchpark.de

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ISBN 10 :  1487523459 ISBN 13 :  9781487523459
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2019
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