Part I. Introduction: The Relevancy of Québec-United States Engagement -- Chapter 1. The Québec-United States Relationship: Contributing Forces and Policy Choices -- Part II. Political and Economic Considerations -- Chapter 2. Living on the Margins of the Empire: Political Relations between Québec and the United States: 1940-2000 -- Chapter 3. What Do They Think of Us? American Perceptions of Québec Before, During and After the Trump Presidency -- Chapter 4. Perceptions of the United States and Political Debates in Québec -- Chapter 5. Party Realignment in Québec: Lessons from the United States -- Chapter 6. Québec-U.S. relations: “It’s the economy stupid!” -- Chapter 7. Between charm offensives and confrontations: a brief portrait of the defense of Québec’s commercial interests before American authorities -- Part III. Migration, Regional Cooperation, Climate, Energy, and Commercial Interests -- Chapter 8. The Fantasy of the Québec-United States Border -- Chapter 9. Adapting to Distinct Societies: Québec-U.S. Links in Migration and Refugees -- Chapter 10. Québec's participation in the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers and the Council of Great Lakes Governors, 2012-2023 -- Chapter 11. 20 Years of Climate Paradiplomacy between Québec and the United States -- Chapter 12. Decarbonization and Electrification in the Northeast: How the Climate Crisis will foster a new Québec-United States Relationship in Electricity -- Chapter 13. The Dairy Industry as a Source of Conflict between Québec and the United States -- Part IV. The Role and Place of Cultural and Social Environments -- Chapter 14. Québec’s Cultural Policy in the United States: From Diplomacy to Industries -- Chapter 15. 7 Fingers Back and Forth Across the Border: A Tale of Two Countries and their Circus Collaborations -- Chapter 16. QAnon’s Influence in Québec, from Alexis Cossette-Trudel to Éric Duhaime: Signs of an Americanization of Québec Political Culture? -- Part V. Epilogue: The Intellectual Foundations of the Québec-United States Relationship -- Chapter 17. The Intellectual Foundations of Québec’s Americanness:A Historiographical Examination.

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This book provides an essential and necessary update on the evolution of Québec democracy and its politics – specifically its engagement with the United States across many issues and areas… It is certainly timely, and offers considerable food for thought. Happy reading! -Guy Lachapelle, Professor, Political Science Concordia University Québec’s engagement with the United States is the most significant and consequential point of interaction amongst all its international activities. This volume explores the many ways in which Quebec engages with the United States, including political exchange, border issues, trade, business and investment, transportation, immigration, cultural links and identity, the role of energy transmission and natural resources, and environmental considerations. As a sub-national actor pursuing a wide range of paradiplomatic bilateral and multilateral initiatives directly involving the U.S., the book both explores and explains what, when, why and how Québec has chosen to engage the United States while examining the fundamental issues that lie at the heart of the relationship. This is an open access book. Christopher Kirkey is Director of the Center for the Study of Canada and Institute on Quebec Studies at State University of New York Plattsburgh. Frédérick Gagnon is Full Professor, Holder of the Raoul Dandurand Chair in Strategic and Diplomatic Studies, and Director of the Center for United States Studies and of the Center on Multidimensional Conflicts at the University of Québec in Montreal. He is also Global Fellow at the Canada Institute of the Wilson Center. Stéphane Paquin is Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership (UQTR-ENAP) and tenured Professor at the École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP) where he is the director of GERIQ (Groupe d’études et de recherche sur l’international et le Québec).