Relative Deprivation and Perceived Discrimination Among Quebec’s English-Speaking Minority Communities : ‘Second-Class Citizens’ in a Multi-national Context?

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Relative Deprivation and Perceived Discrimination Among Quebec’s English-Speaking Minority Communities : ‘Second-Class Citizens’ in a Multi-national Context?
Abstract
The author investigates the perceptions of disenfranchisement in English-speaking Quebec communities. The author draws upon original data from an online survey conducted in 2017 and tests two hypotheses: (1) the relative deprivation hypothesis and (2) the perceived discrimination hypothesis. The evidence he presented suggests that there exists a state of ‘relative deprivation’ in English-speaking minority communities in Quebec and that a strong majority of Anglo-Quebecers believe that their group faces discrimination often if not most of the time. Contrary to theoretical expectations, however, the author notes that these two factors predict a lower likelihood of Anglo-Quebecer organisational engagement and volunteerism. The author discusses the implications for the accommodation of minorities (within multi-national federal settings) who perceive discrimination but fail to mobilise around their concerns.
Book Title
Federalism and National Diversity in the 21st Century
Place
Cham, Switzerland
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Date
2020
Pages
241-268
Language
en
ISBN
978-3-030-38418-0
Citation
Bonin, Pierre-Olivier. “Relative Deprivation and Perceived Discrimination Among Quebec’s English-Speaking Minority Communities : ‘Second-Class Citizens’ in a Multi-National Context?” In Federalism and National Diversity in the 21st Century, edited by Alain-G. Gagnon and Arjun Tremblay, 241–268. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
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