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The domestic politics of Quebec's quest for external distinctiveness.

American Review of Canadian Studies,  June, 2002  by Belanger, Louis

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> For more than forty years now, the Quebec government has conducted a distinct diplomatic activity, taking advantage of all the room for maneuver given by the Canadian constitution and using its political leverage inside the federation. The goal of this article is to examine the internal motivating factors for Quebec's international actions and, as it does so, it attempts to respond to the following questions: To what can we attribute the specific character of Quebec's case with respect to other manifestations of international involvement by noncentral governments? What are the most ...

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