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The nation, described as a problem that democracy must solve, is examined in light of its relationship to political subjectivity, looking at its place throughout time & its evolution from the natural nation to the nation-state to the modern nation. Quebec is focused on, with attention to its Oct 1995 referendum to separate from the rest of Canada. It is held that this movement was characterized by pluralism & represented an advanced form of political liberalism. The strengths of the movement are identified, but the resolute self-determination that served to vitalize it is said to only pertain to international law as the consequence of a specific political process. Adapted from the source document.

Conceptual relations between forms of regime (eg, federalism) & the capitalist state are investigated, with specific reference to the case of Canada. The principles of such relations are illustrated by theoretical aspects of this case, drawing on the works of Nicos Poulantzas, Suzanne de Brunhof, & Joachim Hirsch. Five theses are propounded: (1) Federalism & the state designate distinct objects, & one cannot be substituted for the other. (2) Dimensions & modalities of the interdependence whereby the form of regime is a constitutive element of the state are explored. (3) The form of regime is a central support of the relative autonomy of politics in relation to economic. (4) Conditions under which political dominance & hegemony arise are analyzed. (5) The Quebec national question is presented as a principle of reproduction of the structural tendency toward dissolution that characterizes the Canadian state. AA Tr & Modified by C. Waters.