Separatism in Canada - a nation at stake? The example of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1.3, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institute for English and American Studies), course: Seminar, 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the historical reasons for the current developments concerning the issue of separatism within Canada. The classic cleavages between the federal government and Quebec as well as the occurences in Newfoundland and Labrador are presented and analysed in detail.