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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791464503321

Autore

Cairns Alan C.

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

9786612858246

1-282-85824-6

0-7735-6802-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 287 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

CairnsAlan

Disciplina

323.6

Soggetti

Citizenship

Citizenship - Canada

Cultural pluralism

Multiculturalism - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""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?)""

Sommario/riassunto

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).