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Book SynopsisInsiders and Outsiders celebrates the work of Alan Cairns, one of the most influential Canadian social scientists of the contemporary period.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1 Introduction / Gerald Kernerman and Philip Resnick
Part 1: Methods and Approaches
2 Alan Cairns: Public Intellectual / John Meisel
3 The Political Scientist as Hedgefox: Key Themes in Cairns’ Approach to Institutions / Leslie A. Pal
Part 2: Citizen-Shaping Institutions
The Electoral System
4 Early Warning, No Response: Alan Cairns and Electoral Reform / Roger Gibbins
5 The Electoral System and the Party System Revisited / Richard Johnston
The Institutions of Canadian Federalism
6 The Legacy of the Privy Council in Canadian Federalism / Peter W. Hogg
7 Unnatural Loyalties or Naïve Collaborationists? The Governments and Citizens of Canadian Federalism / Fred Cutler and Matthew Mendelsohn
8 Institutions, Citizenship, and Federalism: Contrasting Models of Redistribution in the Twenty-First Century / Robert G. Finbow
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms
9 Some Implications of the Embedded State in Canada / Barry Cooper
10 Morton and Knopff’s The Charter Revolution and the Court Party: A Legal Critique / Robin Elliot
11 The Politics of Honourable Constitutional Inclusion and the Citizens’ Constitution Theory / Matt James
12 Charters and Constitution Making: Comparing the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights / John E. Fossum
Part 3: Citizenship, Diversity, and Unity Quebec and Canadian Unity
13 The Anatomy of Cairns’ Constitutional Criticism: French Canadians, Quebec, and the Canadian Constitution / Ramsay Cook
14 Alan C. Cairns on Canadians’ Right to Their Country / Stéphane Dion
15 Plan C? Alan Cairns and English Canada Confront the Challenge of Quebec Sovereignty / Reg Whitaker
16 Canada’s Mismatching Federations / Jean Laponce
Aboriginal/Non-Aboriginal Relations
17 Belonging in the New World: Imperialism, Property, and Citizenship / Frances Abele
18 Toward Conceptual Precision: Citizenship and Rightsm Talk for Aboriginal Canadians / Joyce A. Green
19 Parallel or Embedded? Aboriginal Self-Government and the Changing Nature of Citizenship in Canada / Marc Hanvelt and Martin Papillon
20 First Nations, Citizenship, and Democratic Reform / Kathy L. Brock
Diversity and Unity
21 Citizenship in a Multinational Democracy / Peter H. Russell
22 Citizenship Complexities in Canada and Australia: A Challenge for the Hedgefox / Brian Galligan
23 Of Cairns and Cages? Identity, Democracy, and Alan Cairns / Alexandra Dobrowolsky and Richard F. Devlin
24 Multiculturalism, Gender, and Social Cohesion: Reflections on Intersectionality and Urban Citizenship in Canada / Caroline Andrew
Conclusion
25 My Academic Career: The Pleasures and Risks of Introspection / Alan C. Cairns
Contributors
Index
