WHAT DOES QUEBEC WANT? Conclusion November 20, 2001

Quebec and the International Context 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 Canada November 20, 2001

The 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 Gap structural explanations – focus on objective differences in circumstances of women and men in explaining different political orientations

Explaining 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 Gap structural explanations socio-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