Multicultural Nationalism: Civilizing Difference, Constituting Community

Clean, tight, unmarked; a couple of very light scratches to covers; slight wear to corners; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Generations of intellectuals have debated Canada's national question. Rather than join the debate, this book challenges its logic. The national question is self-defeating: attempts to constitute a Canadian political community generate polarizing and depoliticizing deliberations. Gerald Kernerman engages with leading political theorists and analyses policy, constitutional, and media documents in order to examine proposals for minority rights, multicultural citizenship, asymmetrical federalism, multi-nationalism, and group based representation. Even as other countries consider pursuing similar paths, Kernerman cautions against using Canada as a model since these proposals are themselves manifestations of nationalist contestation.