The challenge of cultural pluralism / edited by Stephen Brooks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brooks, Stephen, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiculturalism.

Cultural pluralism.

Physical Description:

xx, 190 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Examines aspects of the challenge of cultural pluralism.

Contents:

Introduction: The Challenge of Cultural Pluralism / Stephen Brooks xi

Part I Political Culture in New World Societies

1 Is Canada De-Europeanized

Or Does Anyone Remember? / Gordon T. Stewart 3

2 No Place for "Race"?: Why Pluralist Theory Fails to Explain the Politics of "Race" in "New Societies" / Jill Vickers 15

3 The Narcissism of Minor Differences: Reflections on the Roots of English Canadian Nationalism / Stephen Brooks 39

Part II Consociationalism Revisited

4 Accommodating Multinationality: Is the European Commission a Case of Consociational or Weberian Administration? / Liesbet Hooghe 55

5 The Consociational Theory and Deliberative Politics: A Conceptual Framework for Cross-National Analysis / Andre Bachtiger, Markus Sporndli, Jurg Steiner 77

6 From Jean Bodin to Consociational Democracy and Back / Can Erk, Alain-G. Gagnon 95

7 Althusian Federalism for a Post-Westphalian World / Thomas O. Hueglin 105

Part III Constitutional Reform and Language Policy

8 Causes and Effects of Constitutional Changes in Multilingual Belgium / Kris Deschouwer 121

9 Revisiting Bilingualism and Biculturalism in Canada / Milton J. Esman 141

10 The Politics of Language in Quebec: Keeping the Conflict Alive / A. Brian Tanguay 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-183) and index.

ISBN:

0275970019

OCLC:

49225810