The Last Standard-Bearers of Biculturalism: A Quebec-Ontario Comparison of Cosmopolitan, National, Subnational, and Local Affiliations among Official Language Minorities

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The Last Standard-Bearers of Biculturalism: A Quebec-Ontario Comparison of Cosmopolitan, National, Subnational, and Local Affiliations among Official Language Minorities
Abstract
The author notes that despite the popularity of the cosmopolitan idea of “post nationality” and multicultural concepts of citizenship, biculturalism continues to have a lasting impact upon Canadian institutions and group loyalties. He contends that his study constitutes the first empirical investigation of affiliations among the two largest official minority language groups in Canada, Anglo-Quebecers and Franco-Ontarians. Concurring with previous research, the author finds that organizational engagement predicts stronger socio-territorial affiliations. Furthermore, evidence shows that, Franco-Ontarians are 1) less likely to be cosmopolitan than Anglo-Quebecers, 2) about equally likely to be attached to the Canadian national identity as Anglo-Quebecers, 3) more likely to identify with their province than Anglo-Quebecers, and 4) more likely to have a strong affiliation with their local polity than Anglo-Quebecers. The author concludes that, taken together, his findings suggest that cosmopolitanism might work better for majorities than minorities, and consequently for Anglophones than Francophones even when the former are in a minority setting.
Publication
Minorités linguistiques et société / Linguistic Minorities and Society
Volume
No. 18
Pages
37-73
Date
2022
Language
en
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Citation
Bonin, Pierre-Olivier. “The Last Standard-Bearers of Biculturalism: A Quebec-Ontario Comparison of Cosmopolitan, National, Subnational, and Local Affiliations among Official Language Minorities.” Minorités linguistiques et société / Linguistic Minorities and Society No. 18 (2022): 37–73. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/minling/2022-n18-minling07011/1089179ar.pdf.
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