Citizenship, Diversity, and Pluralism :Canadian and Comparative Perspectives

Publication subTitle :Canadian and Comparative Perspectives

Author: Cairns   Alan C.  

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press‎

Publication year: 1999

E-ISBN: 9780773568020

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773518889

Subject: D73/77 National Politics

Keyword: 政治理论

Language: ENG

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Description

Citizenship has both a vertical and a horizontal dimension. The vertical links individuals to the state by reinforcing the idea that it is "their" state - that they are full members of an ongoing association that is expected to survive the passing generations. Accordingly their relation to the state is not narrowly instrumental but is supported by a reservoir of loyalty and patriotism that gives legitimacy to the state. The horizontal relationship is the positive identification with fellow citizens as valued members of the same civic community. Here citizenship reinforces empathy and sustains solidarity through its official endorsement of who counts as "one of us." Citizenship, therefore, is a linking mechanism that in its most perfect expression binds the citizenry to the state and to each other.

Chapter

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?)

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