Cet ouvrage étudie le penchant fédéraliste de 1950 à aujourd’hui. Devant l'impression d’assister à la fin d’une époque, il est tentant de revisiter l’histoire constitutionnelle pour trouver un nouveau sens à la polarisation entre l’indépendantisme et le fédéralisme qui a constitué la pierre angulaire de l’espace politique des dernières décennies. Quels sont les acteurs québécois qui ont déployé une forme ou une autre de fédéralisme? Quelles sont les variantes des perspectives, des interventions, des valeurs et des représentations proposées par ces acteurs? Quel rapport ces derniers entretiennent-ils avec le nationalisme québécois de la Révolution tranquille et de ses lendemains immédiats? Les auteurs de cet ouvrage interdisciplinaire apportent des réponses à ces questions et plus encore tout au long des 19 chapitres qui le composent. Ce livre, qui offre un portrait actuel de notre paysage politique, intéressera autant le grand public que les spécialistes du domaine.

Quebec’s most recent attempts to assert its distinctiveness within Canada have relied on unilateral constitutional means to strengthen its French and secular character, suggesting that an important change of political culture has taken place in Quebec. With its diverse team of researchers, Contemporary Federalist Thought in Quebec considers the recent history of the debate that once threatened Canada with disjunction, exploring the federalist thought that continues to shape constitutional debate in Quebec. Examining historical perspectives from 1950 to the present day, the volume draws portraits of the key actors in the federalist movement – including political leaders, intellectuals, academics, activists, and spokespersons for pressure groups – comparing their various outlooks, interventions, and values, and examining the ties that bind these actors to the sense of nationalism that emerged during Quebec’s Quiet Revolution. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, Contemporary Federalist Thought in Quebec casts new light on the continuing debate surrounding Quebec’s place in Canada and gives nuance to what is traditionally conceived as a rigid opposition between sovereigntists and federalists in the province.

Le Quebec, qui a vecu la Revolution tranquille dans les annees 1960, subit une fois de plus une profonde mutation. La transition est d'ailleurs amorcee. Comme le constate Benoit Pelletier, celle-ci se traduit notamment par un cynisme accru de la population a l'egard de la classe politique ainsi que par une crise des valeurs et un essoufflement devant les grandes luttes nationales. Malgre cette resignation tranquille de la part de ses concitoyens au regard de l'avenir politique et constitutionnel du Quebec, l'auteur demeure convaincu que conscient collectif de la nation quebecoise. Dans ce contexte ou les defis ne manquent pas, Benoit Pelletier invite a une reflexion sur le sens a donner a la societe quebecoise et sur la redefinition de celle-ci, en portant un regard critique sur les experiences qui ont jalonne son histoire. L'auteur dresse un portrait des veritables enjeux qui sous-tendent les relations intergouvernementales canadiennes, les affaires autochtones et la reforme des institutions democratiques depuis 2003. En toile de fond de cet essai se trouve l'espoir, celui d'un Quebec enfin libere des forces du statu quo et exercant de nouveau, au sein du Canada, le leadership qui a ete historiquement le sien.

Four decades have passed since the adoption of the Constitution Act, 1982. Now it is time to assess its legacy. Constitutional Crossroads brings together an impressive assembly of established and rising stars of political science and law, who not only provide a robust account of the 1982 constitutional reform but also analyze the ensuing scholarship that has shaped our understanding of the Constitution. Contributors bypass historical description to offer reflective assessments of issues such as sovereignty, identity and pluralism, the scope and limits of rights, competing constitutional visions, the relationship between the state and Indigenous peoples, and the nature and methods of constitutional change.

In the coming decade, we may see the advent of multinational federalism on an international scale. As great powers and international organizations become increasingly uncomfortable with the creation of new states, multinational federalism is now an important avenue to explore, and in recent decades, the experiences of Canada and Quebec have had a key influence on the approaches taken to manage national and community diversity around the world. Drawing on comparative scholarship and several key case studies (including Scotland and the United Kingdom, Catalonia and Spain, and the Quebec-Canada dynamic, along with relations between Indigenous peoples and various levels of government), The Legitimacy Clash takes a fresh look at the relationship between majorities and minorities while exploring theoretical advances in both federal studies and contemporary nationalisms. Alain-G. Gagnon critically examines the prospects and potential for a multinational federal state, specifically for nations seeking affirmation in a hostile context. The Legitimacy Clash reflects on the importance of legitimacy over legality in assessing the conflicts of claims.

This stunning examination of the last years of Édouard Manet's life and career is the first book to explore the transformation of his style and subject matter in the 1870s and early 1880s. The name Manet often evokes the provocative, heroically scaled pictures he painted in the 1860s for the Salon, but in the late 1870s and early 1880s the artist produced quite a different body of work: stylish portraits of actresses and demimondaines, luscious still lifes, delicate pastels, intimate watercolors, and impressionistic scenes of suburban gardens and Parisian cafés. Often dismissed as too pretty and superficial by critics, these later works reflect Manet’s elegant social world, propose a radical new alignment of modern art with fashionable femininity, and record the artist’s unapologetic embrace of beauty and visual pleasure in the face of death. Featuring nearly three hundred illustrations and nine fascinating essays by established and emerging Manet specialists, a technical analysis of the late Salon painting Jeanne (Spring), a selection of the artist’s correspondence, a chronology, and more, Manet and Modern Beauty brings a diverse range of approaches to bear on a little-studied area of this major artist’s oeuvre.