Neoliberalism and National Culture

by Blad, Cory

• ISBN13: 9789004211117
• ISBN10: 900421111X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-31
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

Neoliberal globalization is understood to have a corrosive effect on the state. Reductions in economic regulatory capacities combined with an ideological attack on the public necessity of social spending has left many with the impression that the state is a weakened institution, at best. This book argues that despite popular claims to the contrary, global capitalism requires state institutional authority, but the legitimation of this authority is increasingly tied to cultural rather than economic means. Canada and Québec are presented in historical comparative context as examples of how neoliberal states achieve global political economic integration while relying on cultural legitimation to maintain social policies working to mitigate social changes resulting from increased global integration.

Author Biography

Cory Blad, Ph.D. (2006), University of Tennessee, is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Manhattan College. His research focuses on the nexus of neliberalism and cultural politics with particular emphasis on the role of state institutions.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Tables and Figures	p. xi
Introduction
Globalization, Neoliberalism, and the Rasputin State	p. 3
Legitimating State Authority in an Age of Neoliberal Globalization	p. 23
Historical Background
Introduction	p. 49
Canada: History and the Quest for National Identity	p. 53
Quebec History and the Centrality of National Identity	p. 83
Economic Globalization, Labour Migration, And Social Integration
Introduction	p. 117
The Global Market Economy: History and Impact on Canada and Quebec	p. 121
Ethnic Diversification and Labor Migration	p. 157
Multiculturalism, Interculturalism, and the Changing Definition of National Culture	p. 181
The Emerging Role of Culture in Neoliberal State-Building	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 247
Index	p. 267
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