Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution (Law and Society) - Hardcover

9780774814454: Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution (Law and Society)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774814454 ISBN 13: 9780774814454

Publisher: UBC Press, 2007

Canada has often been cited internationally for its success as a multicultural society and for its ability to manage this diversity through a federal constitution. The strands of diversity include the constitutional relationship between English and French Canada, federalism more generally, the status of Aboriginal peoples, Canada’s immigration and integration strategies, affirmative action, and a general guarantee of equal protection for men and women. Together they tell a complex story of pluralism, consolidated through a long and incremental period of constitution-building.

Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution brings together scholars of cultural diversity from backgrounds in law, political science, and history to address key components of the changing Canadian story: the evolution over time of multiculturalism within Canadian constitutional law and policy; the territorial dimension of Canadian federalism; and the role of constitutional interpretation by the courts in the development of Canada as a multicultural state. Wide-ranging and provocative, the essays illustrate how deeply multiculturalism is woven into the fabric of the Canadian constitution and the everyday lives of Canadians.

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About the Author:

Stephen Tierney is Reader in Law at the University of Edinburgh. Contributors include Daniel Bourgeois and Andrew F. Johnson, Marc Chevrier, Robert J. Currie, Jameson Doig, Katherine Eddy, Hugh Donald Forbes, Hugh Kindred, Will Kymlicka, Ian Peach, Joan Small, and Michael Temelini.

Review:

Stephen Tierney’s Multiculturalism and the Canadian Constitution is one of the more conventional histories that I would choose as a course text or recommend to a colleague seeking a one-stop primer on multiculturalism. [...] As fiddling and quibbling as some of these legal analyses may seem to the layperson, they provide a tangible demonstration of how, in practical terms, policy, as an expression of communal values, is translated into concrete rules and practices. (Gaile McGregor, University of Western Ontario Canadian Review of Sociology, Issue 46.1 2008-02-01)

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