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Some advantages of Canadian disunity: how Quebec sovereignty might aid economic development in English‐speaking Canada*
Author(s) -
BRYM ROBERT J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
canadian review of sociology/revue canadienne de sociologie
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1755-618X
pISSN - 1755-6171
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1992.tb02436.x
Subject(s) - centralisation , decentralization , political science , sovereignty , state (computer science) , independence (probability theory) , humanities , ethnology , political economy , economic history , sociology , history , art , law , statistics , mathematics , algorithm , politics , computer science
Les conflits relatifs au partage des pouvoirs entre de grandes communautés ethniques possédant chacune un ensemble complet d'institutions peuvent aboutir à une décentralisation telle que l'État cesse d'être un instrument efficace de planification économique et que l'économie du pays commence à en souffrir. Le cas de tiraillements Canado‐québécois illustre ce type de processus et soulève la question suivante: l'avenir économique du Canada ne serait‐il pas plus prometteur si le Québec devenait indépendant? Jurisdictional disputes between large, institutionally complete ethnic communities in a single society may promote so much decentralization of authority that the state becomes ineffective as an economic planner. Economic decline may result. The Canada/Quebec case illustrates this process and suggests that Quebec independence may improve Canada's economic prospects.