Citizens Plus Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State - Brenda and David McLean Canadian Studies Series

Hardback (25 Feb 2000)

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Publisher's Synopsis

In Citizens Plus, Alan Cairns unravels the historical record to clarify the current impasse in negotiations between Aboriginal peoples and the state. He considers the assimilationist policy assumptions of the imperial era, examines more recent government initiatives, and analyzes the emergence of the nation-to-nation paradigm given massive support by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. We are battered by contending visions, he argues - a revised assimilation policy that finds its support in the Canadian Alliance Party is countered by the nation-to-nation vision, which frames our future as coexisting solitudes. Citizens Plus stakes out a middle ground with its support for constitutional and institutional arrangements which will simultaneously recognize Aboriginal difference and reinforce a solidarity which binds us together in common citizenship. Selected as a BC Book for Everybody

Book information

ISBN:	9780774807678
Publisher:	UBC Press
Imprint:	UBCPress
Pub date:	25 Feb 2000
DEWEY:	323.1197071
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	280
Weight:	558g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	27mm