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This essay presents some strategic considerations on how Canada can strengthen its foreign policy. To differentiate itself from great powers and deploy a strategic foreign policy, Canada must deepen and implement its feminist foreign policy. A feminist foreign policy is a forcing mechanism for the undertaking of a holistic strategic review. Such a policy is more inclusive and democratic in nature as it emphasizes civil society access and participation in the international system. If this policy is implemented in a rigorous manner, it presents an opportunity to consolidate the coherence between Canada's intervention on feminist issues at home and abroad. A feminist approach in foreign affairs must be rooted in the field and target the needs of communities ; thus it must be supported by a greater presence of Canadian diplomats abroad and a robust diplomatic footprint.
Keywords: Affaires étrangères, stratégie, Canada, politique étrangère féministe, empreinte diplomatique, Foreign affairs, Strategy, Canada, Feminist foreign policy, Diplomatic footprint
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In January 2017, the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) adopted a new policy revising the principles and the treatment criteria on which its language intervention regarding linguistic borrowing, and more specifically anglicisms, is based. However, the issue of anglicisms is likely to prompt debates in Quebec, and this is exactly what happened when the OQLF published its new policy. This article focuses on the polemic caused by this policy in the media. The aim is to show the dichotomy between the various points of view that have been taken and thus to reflect on the current perception of not only anglicisms, but also the relationship between French and English in Quebec and, more broadly, the role of the OQLF in the society.
Keywords: anglicismes, Office québécois de la langue française, polémique, médias, Québec, anglicism, polemic, media, Québec
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AbstractUsing a methodology which applies cybernetics to social communications and which uses a systemic approach, the author establishes certain relationships between information level and political participation. He shows in particular that the unequal distribution of information among socio-economic groups corresponds with unequal political participation. After giving the reasons for these relationships, he outlines certain reforms.
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ABSTRACTThe author brings out d'Holbach's ethical and political model of thought in order to analyze his revolutionary value with respect to the political and societal context. In conclusion the relationships between the ideological thought of d'Holbach and the articles of the Déclaration des Droits will be examined.
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This paper examines how a certain conceptual framework led to the widespread rejection of the centuries-old category of virtue in the field of political thought, insofar as the attributes of the citizen are concerned. I hold that the critique of the language of virtue has been inextricably linked to the rise of a rigorist conception of morals where self-denial tends to prevail. Rejection of this language is concomitant with reducing civic virtue to its aspect of sacrifice, to a form in which private interest and the common good are mutually exclusive. The aim of this article is double: on the one hand, I intend to trace the genealogy of this process, focusing on the decisive contribution of Montesquieu; on the other hand, I strive to examine the main methodological implications of this configuration of concepts for the history of political ideas.
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AbtractThree political thinkers who argue that identity politics and multiculturalism should be promoted within the philosophy of modern democracy are analysed. Charles Taylor believes "the politics of recognition" can promote participative citizenship and the search for common goods. Michael Walzer posits that community membership is an essential need as important as fundamental rights. Finally, Will Kymlicka argues that, in certain cases, "group differentiated rights" may be necessary to apply basic liberal principles. Also, this article demonstrates that multiculturalism runs the risk of promoting identity interest groups and the politics of resentment.
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In the current context of mobile populations, in particular south-north mobility, the debate on interbreeding is replaced in some circles by a debate on the "chances and risks" of the multicultural society and the "clash of civilizations". After race, "culture" is the reference point in differentiating human beings. How does political philosophy approach this debate? The tension between diversity and unity in the human species was evident as early as Kant. While acknowledging the artificial, and non-biological, character of nations, Kant nonetheless rejected the role of mixed origins in the make-up of peoples. Arendt tried to restore a role to stateless persons without rights by defining power not in relation to territory but in terms of common action, thereby contributing to the development of a political philosophy that goes beyond national boundaries and frees interbreeding from the tangles of politics.