The Question of Separatism: Quebec and the Struggle over Sovereignty

by Jane Jacobs, Robin Philpot (Editor)

Overview

In this, her third and least-known book, first published in 1980, Jane Jacobs examines not only the particular question of Quebec and Canada, but also the larger issue of sovereignty and autonomy in general. Using Norway as a model, Jacobs details that country's campaign of peaceful persistence that led to breaking ties with Sweden—and suggests that Canada and Canadians should be inspired by the example. An essential component of Jacobs's urban activism, this new edition of the book incorporates and expands the 1979 Massey Lectures, Canadian Cities and Sovereignty-Association, commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Also included is a previously unpublished exclusive interview with Jane Jacobs in her Toronto home in 2005, 25 years after the book appeared and 10 years after the 1995 Quebec referendum. In these musings, she reasserts and updates her thoughts on Separatism—and addresses new issues such as tar sand development in Alberta, the finance of gambling, and the future of the Euro and of Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781926824062
Publisher:	Baraka Books
Publication date:	04/01/2011
Edition description:	Second Edition, Second edition
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Preface to 2011 edition IX

Acknowledgements XXI

1 Emotion 5

2 Montreal and Toronto 13

3 The Secession of Norway from Sweden 29

4 National Size and Economic Development 53

5 Paradoxes of Size 65

6 Duality and Federation 79

7 Sovereignty-Association: Connectors 91

8 Sovereignty-Association: Independence 107

References 123

Index 129

2005 Interview with Jane Jacobs 137

Editorial Reviews

"Jacobs’s thought and writing comprise a resounding symphony of lessons and ideas; they compose a life’s work about economic, social, and environmental justice."  —Nation

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