TY - JOUR
T1 - Does Soft Power Look Different in Multinational Federations? International Education and Soft Power Politics in Canada/Quebec
AU - Moscovitz, Hannah
AU - Trilokekar, Roopa Desai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Political Science Association/l'Association canadienne de science politique and la Societe quebecoise de science politique.
PY - 2024/9/1
Y1 - 2024/9/1
N2 - While the study of soft power has gained significant scholarly attention, an understanding of soft power politics in diverse state models, and multinational federations specifically, is lacking. This study remedies this gap by exploring the connection between soft power and multinational federalism in the Canadian context, highlighting the tensions between the Canadian federal majority nation and Quebec's minority nation. Relying on the international education policy sphere and its soft power potential, the study extends the discussion of soft power beyond the typical unitary nation-state lens, elucidating the interaction of multiple (and contrasting) soft power rationales within one country. The study reveals that soft power politics can be exerted as much domestically as externally and can be pursued in a discorded fashion within a nation-state. Clearly, there is a need for a more nuanced understanding of soft power, which considers its contested manifestation, and the context-specific ways it is utilized.
AB - While the study of soft power has gained significant scholarly attention, an understanding of soft power politics in diverse state models, and multinational federations specifically, is lacking. This study remedies this gap by exploring the connection between soft power and multinational federalism in the Canadian context, highlighting the tensions between the Canadian federal majority nation and Quebec's minority nation. Relying on the international education policy sphere and its soft power potential, the study extends the discussion of soft power beyond the typical unitary nation-state lens, elucidating the interaction of multiple (and contrasting) soft power rationales within one country. The study reveals that soft power politics can be exerted as much domestically as externally and can be pursued in a discorded fashion within a nation-state. Clearly, there is a need for a more nuanced understanding of soft power, which considers its contested manifestation, and the context-specific ways it is utilized.
KW - international education policy
KW - minority nationalism
KW - multinational federalism
KW - Quebec
KW - soft power
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85208547579
U2 - 10.1017/S0008423924000301
DO - 10.1017/S0008423924000301
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85208547579
SN - 0008-4239
VL - 57
SP - 602
EP - 625
JO - Canadian Journal of Political Science
JF - Canadian Journal of Political Science
IS - 3
ER -