quebec is the province in canada that has tried to gain independence due to cultural differences.
quebec is the province in canada that has tried to gain independence due to cultural differences.
what province in canada has tried to gain independence due to cultural differences?
quebec
canada has had many political debates between the french speakers and english speakers, particularly in the province of quebec. canada holds both french and english as official languages. the politics in quebec are largely defined by nationalism as french québécois wish to gain independence from canada as a whole, based on ethnic and linguistic boundaries. the main separatist party, parti québécois, attempted to gain sovereignty twice (once in 1980 and again in 1995) and failed by a narrow margin of 1.2% in 1995. since then, in order to remain united, canada granted quebec "statut particulier", recognizing quebec as a nation within the united nation of canada.
polyethnicity
interested by the contrast between the ethnographic findings of marked cultural differences in emotions and psychological research that yielded universality, mesquita set out to understand the role of culture in emotions. in an extensive literature review that appeared in psychological bulletin, she and nico h. frijda arrived at a synthesis of the research findings from different disciplines, which challenged the notion of universal basic emotions. they concluded that, while some aspects of emotions may be universal, other aspects are cross-culturally different. in later work, mesquita found that cultural differences in emotions are systematic and meaningful, and can be understood from cultural differences in self and relationship models (e.g., mesquita, 2003). the finding of systematic and meaningful cultural differences led mesquita to formulate a socio-cultural theory of emotions. according to this theory, emotions emerge from interpersonal interactions that are bound and guided by cultural meanings and practices. her current research focuses on unveiling the interpersonal processes that give rise to cross-culturally different emotions. in another line of research, mesquita and her colleagues study the consequences of cultural differences in emotions for the multicultural society. they have yielded evidence for emotional acculturation: emotions change as a result of contact with another culture. the work on acculturation shows the role of culture in producing and reproducing emotions, even beyond their initial socialization. it has also led to a cultural psychological theory of acculturation, in which ‘deep’ psychological processes, such as emotions, change upon contact with another culture. mesquita’s research interests include the consequences of emotional misfit of immigrant minorities for their belonging to and inclusion in majority culture.
batja mesquita