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Item Details
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CITIZENS PLUS
ABORIGINAL PEOPLES AND THE CANADIAN STATE |
| By: |
Alan Cairns |
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Paperback |
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£29.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0774807687 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780774807685 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
29 April, 2001 |
| Series: |
Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state. |
| Synopsis: |
We are in the midst of a fundamental re-evaluation of the desiredrelation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples to each other, and ofhow the former are to be institutionally and constitutionallyaccommodated within Canada. Words matter. How we think about where weare and about the future goal of our relationship can confine us in anintellectual prison or liberate us from choices we will otherwiseregret.In Citizens Plus, Alan Cairns unravels the historicalrecord to clarify the current impasse in negotiations betweenAboriginal peoples and the state. He considers the assimilationistpolicy assumptions of the imperial era, examines more recent governmentinitiatives, and analyzes the emergence of the nation-to-nationparadigm given massive support by the Royal Commission on AboriginalPeoples.We are battered by contending visions, he argues - a revisedassimilation policy that finds its support in the Canadian AllianceParty is countered by the nation-to-nation vision, which frames ourfuture as coexisting solitudes. Citizens Plus stakes out amiddle ground with its support for constitutional and institutionalarrangements which will simultaneously recognize Aboriginal differenceand reinforce a solidarity which binds us together in commoncitizenship. Essential reading for those in political science, history,Native studies, public administration, and law, Citizens Pluswill also appeal to the general public interested in one of the mostimportant and complex issues on our agenda.Selected as a BC Book for Everybody |
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Canada |
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University of British Columbia Press |
| Prizes: |
Runner-up for Donner Prize, Donner Foundation 2000 (Canada)
Short-listed for Harold Adams Innis Prize, Canadian Federation for the |
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