Neoliberalism And National Culture: State-building And Legitimacy In Canada And Quebec

Cory Blad Ph.D. (2006) in Sociology, University of Tennessee, is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Manhattan College. His research focuses on the nexus of neoliberalism and cultural politics with particular emphasis on the role of state institutions.

“There is so little to be said about globalization that is not cliché. Globalization, apparently, has the ability to either construct world peace, or rip the world apart. It is purported to create unimaginable wealth and equally devastating poverty. In many ways, I am taking the easy road by circumventing these metanarratives and examining an artifact of this seemingly ubiquitous and all-encompassing phenomena: The problem of so-called state decline due to globalization political ideology and systemic liberal market integration. Obviously, ‘the easy way out’ is a rough road as well.”—From the Introduction

• AcknowledgmentsTables and FiguresPart One: Introduction1. Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Rasputin State2. Legitimating State Authority in an Age of Neoliberal GlobalizationPart Two: Historical Background3. Canada: History and the Quest for National Identity4. Québec: History and the Centrality of National Identity Part Three: Economic Globalization, Labor Migration, and Social Integration5. The Global Market Economy: History and Impact on Canada and Québec6. Ethnic Diversification and Labor Migration7. Multiculturalism, Interculturalism, and the Changing Definition of National Culture8. The Importance of Culture in Neoliberal State-BuildingBibliography