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Deep cultural diversity : a governance challenge
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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...
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.
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- Creator
- Gilles Paquet
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, [2012?]
- ©2008
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- 1 online resource
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- ISBNs
- 9780776617503, 9780776606736, 0776617508
- OCLC
- ocn781535166
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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