Deep cultural diversity : a governance challenge / Gilles Paquet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paquet, Gilles.

Series:

Governance series ; 17.

Governance series ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiculturalism--Canada.

Multiculturalism.

Canada--Social policy.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Political commentator and public policy analyst Gilles Paquet examines the benefits and drawbacks of Canada's multiculturalism policy. He rejects the current policy which perpetuates difference and articulates a model for Canadian transculturalism, a more fluid understanding of multiculturalism based on the philosophy of cosmopolitanism which would strengthen moral contracts and encourage the social engagement of all Canadians.

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Introduction: Diversity as Weasel Word and Multiculturalism as Questionable; PART I. ANALYZING DIVERSITY; Chapter 1 The Problematic of Cultural Pluralism; Chapter 2 Intercultural Relations: A Myrdal-Tocqueville-Girard Interpretative Scheme; Chapter 3 Political Philosophy of Multiculturalism; PART II. OPTIMIZING DIVERSITY; Chapter 4 Multiculturalism as National Policy; Chapter 5 Are There Limits to Diversity?; Chapter 6 Diversity, Egalitarianism, and Cosmopolitanism; PART III. REGULATING DIVERSITY; Chapter 7 Moral Contract as Enabling Mechanism

Chapter 8 Citizenship as Umbrella StrategyChapter 9 The Charter as Governance Challenge; Conclusion: A Primer on the Governance of Cultures; Acknowledgements; Bibliography; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69053-4

9786613667472

0-7766-1750-8

OCLC:

568372099