François-Pierre Gingras

Gender and politics in contemporary Canada

Gender and Politics in Contemporary Canada is a collection of over 12 essays by different university researchers interested in how the lives of men and women are affected by politics. The book adopts no specific ideology, but readers will easily discover that all authors share the view that Canadian society and polity still treat men and women unequally. This book is research-oriented, ie it presents interpretations based on well-researched facts. Most chapters have previously been presented at learned conferences and have been revised for inclusion in this collection. Authors come from 12 different universities across Canada. Most (but not all) authors are women, including well-known academics such as Caroline Andrew, Sandra Burt, Monique Dumais, Micheline Dumont, Roberta Hamilton, Gertrude Robinson, Alan Whitehorn. Disciplines represented are Communications, Ethics, Political Science, Religious Studies, and Sociology.

Divergences ou convergences? Les laïcs anglophones et francophones dans le catholicisme canadien

d’Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5. A premi~re vue, les interminables discussions constitutionnelles canadiennes peuvent sembler bien 6loign6es des pr6occupations religieuses. Pourtant, si 1’6tude du religieux, comme le suggere Elisabeth J. Lacelle, trouvera une voie d’avenir dans «le respect mutuel des diff6rences, voire des divergences» 1, il pourrait bien en Etre de meme pour 1’etude du politique. Depuis la cite antique jusqu’aux pers6cutions ethno-religieuses actuelles dans 1’ex-Yougoslavie, le religieux, 1’ethnique et le politique ont toujours ete lies. Le Canada ne fait pas exception. 11 est donc

La Révolution en plan et le paradigme en cause

The Quiet Revolution is commonly regarded as the single most important turning point in Quebecs recent history. This article questions the conventional paradigm that the institutional and structural changes in Quebec during the 1960s were merely symptoms of, and secondary to, the essence of the Quiet Revolution, that is, widespread changes of mentality, attitudes and values. The authors argue that the changes encompassed by the Quiet Revolution are not as complete as many have suggested and that the tension between the forces of tradition and the forces of modernity is still an important focus for understanding contemporary Quebec. More specifically, empirical data confirm that the push for secularization in Quebec, secularization being the cutting edge of the Quiet Revolution, has not run its course and that traditional religious values continue to play an important role in Quebec politics.

Comptes rendus / Reviews of books: Les pouvoirs dans l'Église. Étude du gouvernement d'une Église locale : l'Église de Québec Gilles Routhier Coll. «Brèches théologiques», 17 Montréal, Éditions Paulines, 1993. 523 p

five geographically specific essays: Catholicism in Newfoundland (chap. 3, Raymond J. Lahey) and four essays on the Archdiocese of Toronto that cover the time from its founding in 1841 to 1930. Murray Nicolson (chap. 7) investigates the early growth of the diocesan institutions; Gerald Stortz (chap. 8) studies Toronto’s accommodations to the Irish influx during the middle decades of the 19th century; Brian Clarke documents the rise of devotionalism over approximately the same period ; and Mark McGowan focusses on the Toronto church after the turn of the century and its involvement with Sifton’s immigrants. Except for the Toronto essays there is considerable discontinuity in the work as

Comptes rendus / Reviews of books: La question sociale hier et aujourd'hui. Colloque du centenaire de Rerum Novarum Jean Richard et Louis O'Neill, directeurs Sainte-Foy, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 1993. 614 p

States example is highlighted as well: Jay P. Dolan looks at the lay trustee movement of the 19th century while Sister Marie Augusta Neal demonstrates, through a sociological survey, that American nuns are strongly in favour of a more participatory Church. Rosemary Ruether’s examination of popular Catholic movements in the United States is especially appealing; her description of the creative and coura-