From the 19th century to the 1940's, Quebec remained poorer and less economically developed than the rest of Canada in general and poorer than Ontario in particular. This placed Quebec at the bottom of North American rankings of living standards. One prominent hypothesis for the initiation of...

The process of ethnogenesis (i.e. the formation of new ethnic groups) is here considered equivalent to the production of “governance goods” in situations where the state is weak or absent. In the absence of a state, the process of ethnogenesis is a response to 1) the problem of social...

The process of ethnogenesis (i.e. the formation of new ethnic groups) can be considered equivalent to the production of "governance goods" in situation of statelessness. The process of ethnogenesis is a response to the problem of social distance between heterogeneous groups which is a barrier to...