Fated to Live in Interesting Times: Canada's Changing Citizenship Regimes

This article presents a way of thinking about citizenship which incorporates theoretical elements of historical institutionalism and political economy. These provide the tools for identifying patterns of change in visions of the proper form of the triangular relationship among the state, the market...

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Published in:	Canadian journal of political science 1997-12, Vol.30 (4), p.627-644
Main Author:	Jenson, Jane
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	CANADA Capitalism Change CITIZENSHIP Communities Community relations Economic Change Economic liberalism Economics Government History Liberalism Markets National politics Political debate POLITICAL ECONOMY Quebec QUEBEC, CANADA Regional Differences Separatism Social Institutions Social policy Social sciences Solidarity State Society Relationship
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Summary:	This article presents a way of thinking about citizenship which incorporates theoretical elements of historical institutionalism and political economy. These provide the tools for identifying patterns of change in visions of the proper form of the triangular relationship among the state, the market and communities. These discourses, as well as the practices which result from it, are labelled the citizenship regime. The history of this concept is analyzed to account for some of the difficulties of contemporary Canada. There is now a double challenge. Increasingly, Quebec and the rest of Canada promote a different balance of responsibility among the state, market and communities. As well, neo-liberal efforts to reduce deficits and redesign government are challenging received ideas of solidarity. The result is that the pan-Canadian and Quebec's citizenship regimes are diverging. Cet article présente un concept, à savoir le régime de citoyenneté créé en combinant des élements de deux traditions qui sont l'économie politique et l'« institutionnalisme historique ». Le régime incarne un discours sur la relation triangulaire entre l'État, le marché et les communautés ainsi que des pratiques qui matérialisent ce discours. L'article présente l'histoire des mutations de régimes de citoyenneté pancanadien et québécois. Il constate que le défi actuel est double. De plus en plus, le Québec et le reste du Canada promeuvent les discours différents sur les responsabilités de chaque composant du triangle. Canada promeut moins la solidarité sociale qui le caractérisé les trois premières décennies de l'après-guerre. Un écart grandissant entre le régime pancanadien et celui de Québec en est le résultat.
ISSN:	0008-4239 1744-9324