Shared geographies, divided histories the Canada-Quebec impasse

Armstrong, Warwick (author)

In the Canadian province of Quebec serious attempts to gain sovereignty are alive the third decade of this century allready. The nation-state status, aspired by the francophone community, was almost realized after the second referendum on that issue. In 1995 voters supporting the Canadian confederacy have, by a narrow margin of only 0.8% defeated eligible voters of the province seeking independence. The third referendum attempt, initiated by the PQ - the Party Quebecois, in year 2000, could result into the succession of the province of Quebec from Canada. The author discusses demographic, economic, social, cultural and political issues speaking for and against the succession

• Language: English
• Keywords: družbene razmere, državna suverenost, Kanada, odcepitev, politična geografija, politične razmere, Quebec, samostojnost
• Work type: Not categorized (r6)
• Tipology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Year: 1998
• Publisher: Zveza geografskih društev Slovenije
• Number of pages: str. 115-137
• Numbering: 70
• UDC: 355/359(71)
• ISSN on article: 0350-3895
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8515426
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Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Geografski vestnik
• Shortened title: Geogr. vestn.
• Publisher: Zveza geografskih društev Slovenije
• ISSN: 0350-3895
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3590914

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Združevalna geografija, razdvajajoča zgodovina kanadsko-quebeška slepa ulica

Abstract

V kanadski provinci Quebec se od sedemdesetih let tega stoletja dalje vrstijo poskusi kanadskih državljanov francoskega kulturnega kroga - frankofonov, da bi po demokratični poti v provinci Quebec razglasili neodvisnost in državno suverenost. Dosedanja referenduma sta bila neuspešna. Po rezultatu zadnjega sodeč, ko je le 0,8% kanadski konfederaciji naklonjenih volilcev prekosilo glasove volilcev, ki so podrli idejo o samostojnosti, je v naslednjem tretjem poskusu, leta 2000, treba računati (tudi) s to opcijo. Avtor obravnava poselitvene, demografske, gospodarske, socialne, kulturne in politične razmere, ki govorijo za in proti quebeški državnosti.

• Keywords: politična geografija, upravna razdelitev, večnacionalne države, volitve, Severna Amerika, Kanada