Citizenship, diversity, and pluralism : Canadian and comparative perspectives / edited by Alan C. Cairns ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cairns, Alan, Author.

Contributor:

Cairns, Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Congresses.

Citizenship.

Citizenship--Canada--Congresses.

Cultural pluralism--Congresses.

Cultural pluralism.

Multiculturalism--Canada--Congresses.

Multiculturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 287 pages)

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Citizenship, Diversity, and Pluralism leading scholars assess the transformation of these two dimensions of citizenship in increasingly diverse and plural modern societies, both in Canada and internationally. Subjects addressed include the changing ethnic demography of states, social citizenship, multiculturalism, feminist perspectives on citizenship, aboriginal nationalism, identity politics, and the internationalization of human rights. Contributors include Heribert Adam (Simon Fraser), Keith Banting (Queen's), Anthony Birch (emeritus, Victoria), John Borrows (UBC), Alan Cairns, Walker Connor (Trinity College), John Erik Fossum (LOS?Senteret, Norway), Virginia Leary (emeritus, SUNY), Denise Réaume (Toronto), Lynn Smith (justice, BC Supreme Court), Charles Taylor (emeritus, McGill), and Jeremy Webber (Sydney, Australia).

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Empire, Globalization, and the Fall and Rise of Diversity""; ""3 Reflections on Ethnic Politics""; ""4 ""Landed"" Citizenship: Narratives of Aboriginal Political Participation""; ""5 Just How Civic Is Civic Nationalism in Quebec?""; ""6 Social Citizenship and the Multicultural Welfare State""; ""7 Is Citizenship a Gendered Concept?""; ""8 National Self-Determination and Tomorrow's Political Map""; ""9 The Legal Enforcement of Social Norms: Techniques and Principles""

""10 Citizenship, Diversity, and Pluralism: The Case of the European Union"" ""11 The Purchased Revolution in South Africa""; ""12 Citizenship, Human Rights, and Diversity""; ""13 Democratic Exclusion (and Its Remedies?)""

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held in Saskatoon, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 1997--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786612858246

1-282-85824-6

0-7735-6802-6

OCLC:

929121632