Alan Cairns
Biographic Data
| ID | 3677161 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Cairns |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Cairns |
| SIGNATURE | CAIRNS A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Afterword
Citizenship is a contested site in the evolving relations between indigenous minority nations/peoples and the states in which they live. This cannot be understood without reference to global trends and the history of indigenous-state relations in the imperial era. The former wardship status of indigenous peoples in settler societies was sustained by European control of much of the globe. The demise of the latter delegitimated the colonial treatme…
Citizens plus
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Rethinking the Constitution
Introduction: The Necessity of Rethinking the Constitution PART I: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM 1. A Lament for British North America 2. Trudeau's Moral Vision 3. On the Virtues of a Limited Constitution: Why Canadians Were Correct to Reject the Charlottetown Accord PART II: CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION 4. The Supreme Court as the Vanguard of the Intelligentsia: The Charter Movement as Postmaterialist Politics 5. The Language of Rights and the Crisis o…
Literary History of Canada
This new volume of the Literary History of Canada covers the continuing development of English-Canadian writing from 1972 to 1984. As with the three earlier volumes, this book is an invaluable guide to recent developments in English-Canadian literature and a resource for both the general reader and the specialist researcher. The contributors to this volume are Laurie Ricou, David Jackel, Linda Hutcheon, Philip Stratford, Barry Cameron, Balachandr…
The Politics of Gender, Ethnicity and Language in Canada
Citizens plus
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
The Politics of Gender, Ethnicity and Language in Canada
Afterword
Citizenship is a contested site in the evolving relations between indigenous minority nations/peoples and the states in which they live. This cannot be understood without reference to global trends and the history of indigenous-state relations in the imperial era. The former wardship status of indigenous peoples in settler societies was sustained by European control of much of the globe. The demise of the latter delegitimated the colonial treatme…
The Politics of Gender, Ethnicity and Language in Canada
Literary History of Canada
This new volume of the Literary History of Canada covers the continuing development of English-Canadian writing from 1972 to 1984. As with the three earlier volumes, this book is an invaluable guide to recent developments in English-Canadian literature and a resource for both the general reader and the specialist researcher. The contributors to this volume are Laurie Ricou, David Jackel, Linda Hutcheon, Philip Stratford, Barry Cameron, Balachandr…
Rethinking the Constitution
Introduction: The Necessity of Rethinking the Constitution PART I: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM 1. A Lament for British North America 2. Trudeau's Moral Vision 3. On the Virtues of a Limited Constitution: Why Canadians Were Correct to Reject the Charlottetown Accord PART II: CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION 4. The Supreme Court as the Vanguard of the Intelligentsia: The Charter Movement as Postmaterialist Politics 5. The Language of Rights and the Crisis o…
Citizens plus
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Afterword
Citizenship is a contested site in the evolving relations between indigenous minority nations/peoples and the states in which they live. This cannot be understood without reference to global trends and the history of indigenous-state relations in the imperial era. The former wardship status of indigenous peoples in settler societies was sustained by European control of much of the globe. The demise of the latter delegitimated the colonial treatme…
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Canadian Identity and History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Assimilation (1 works) · Autochtones (1 works)