Reconciliation after Genocide in Canada
Towards a syncretic model of democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2388939 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David B Macdonald (0000-0003-4714-8494, Political Science, The University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 60-73 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AlterNative An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1177-1801 • E-ISSN: 1174-1740 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/117718011300900105 |
| OpenAlex | W1480846515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
Despite recent claims by Saul (2008) that Canada's federal and provincial systems of government, including its justice systems, have been strongly influenced by Aboriginal peoples, this article advances that any influence has been largely coincidental. A detailed critical appraisal of Saul's work reveals a romanticized glossing over of Aboriginal-settler history rather than a detailed engagement with it. Taking Saul's purported goals rather than his analysis as a starting point, this article seeks to examine ways in which provincial and federal government legislative institutions might better incorporate (some) Aboriginal conceptions of power, justice, and decision-making. In so doing it argues for a process of 'syncretic democracy,' which includes symbols, ceremonies, guaranteed Aboriginal seats in existing institutions, potentially new institutions, and a much larger process of deliberation around how best to indigenize (and change) Canada's institutions
Deliberation · Democracy · Economic Justice · Genocide · Government (linguistics · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Work (physics · Canadian Identity and History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law · Public Administration · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
Theories of nationalism
Race, Space, and the Law
What Are Institutions?
The European Roots of Canadian Identity
State in Society
Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation
Representing Indigenous Self-Determination
Constitutional Design for Divided Societies
Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native
The Genocide Question and Indian Residential Schools in Canada
The Burden of History
Remembering to Forget
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |