WHAT DOES QUEBEC WHAT DOES QUEBEC WANT?WANT?

Conclusion

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Quebec and the International Quebec and the International ContextContext

importance of international context in shaping views of ROC

globalization/Americanization make ROC more sensitive to the role of Quebec in asserting Canadian distinctiveness

globalization/continentalization and Quebec– Quebec’s support for free trade

lower reliance on the rest of Canada not concerned about possibility of corrosive effects of trade on

Canadian identity not concerned about possibility of corrosive effects of trade on

Quebec identity– language not better protected within the type of Canada envisioned by

the ROC than outside it

Gender Politics in CanadaGender Politics in Canada

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The Gender GapThe Gender Gap

What is it? differences between men and women in their basic political

beliefs and policy preferences

describing the gap– free enterprise– the welfare state– health care– moral traditionalism– crime and punishment

Explaining the Gender GapExplaining the Gender Gap

structural explanations– focus on objective differences in circumstances

of women and men in explaining different political orientations

Explaining the Gender GapExplaining the Gender Gap

structural explanations– women and the welfare state

the feminization of poverty employment in the welfare state

– gendered patterns of employment the “pink” ghetto

– mobilizing effects of feminism spillover from “women’s issues” to other issues

– socialization to gender roles females socialized to “maternal thinking”

Explaining the Gender GapExplaining the Gender Gap

structural explanationssocio-psychological explanations

– Gilligan male-centred reasoning – ethic of justice female-centred reasoning – ethic of care

– religiosity greater female religiosity – importance in explaining

political preferences (O’Neill 2001) e.g. abortion