Cultural politics pathology: the Charter of Québec values†
The paper argues that the Québec Government Bill 60, popularly known in English as The Charter of Québec Values, is symptomatic of a pathological strain in Québec's cultural politics.
Urban Riots in France
The riots that took place in France in November 2005 had causes both deep and recent. French immigration policies favoring "territorialization" have led many immigrants to face social exclusion based on ethnicity. Many youth whose families recently immigrated feel that the broader society has not accepted them. But it is important to remember that these youth do not want to change the Republican values. Rather, they wish to have them applied equally to all French citizens, regardless of race, religion, or country of origin. Most youth of immigrant origins did not participate in the riots and simply want to lead normal lives.
Race, discourse, and power in France
Race and discourse the "seiul de tolerance" - the uses of a "scientific" racist concept mechanisms of oppression "les chargeurs sont dans la rue!" - racism and trade unions in Lyons race, discourse and power in institutional housing - the case of immigrant worker hostels in Lyons race, nation and class the Front National in Provence-Alpes-Cotes d'Azure - a case of institutionalized racism? North African immigration and the French political imaginary writing for others - authorship and authority in immigrant literature "Un discours de muettes?" - problems of "la prise de parole" in the fiction of Assia Djebar.