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Book Synopsis
A book with provocative implications for students and scholars of social movements and identity politics, Misrecognized Materialists offers a fresh and important perspective on Canada’s constitutional struggles over civic symbolism and identity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Acronyms

1 Constitutional Politics and the Politics of Respect: An Introduction

2 Searching for a Forum: Social Movements at the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations

3 Wartime: Social Esteem and Social Citizenship in the Reconstruction Debates

4 The Postwar Identity Emphasis: Rights, Universalism, and Virtue

5 Charter Politics as Materialist Politics

6 From Meech Lake to Charlottetown: Symbolic Power and Visions of Political Community

7 Conclusion: Misrecognized Materialists in Canadian Constitutional Politics

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Misrecognized Materialists

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      Publisher University of British Columbia Press
      Published 1 July 2007
      ISBN-13 9780774811699
      978-0774811699
      ISBN-10 0774811692

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A book with provocative implications for students and scholars of social movements and identity politics, Misrecognized Materialists offers a fresh and important perspective on Canada’s constitutional struggles over civic symbolism and identity.

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments

      Acronyms

      1 Constitutional Politics and the Politics of Respect: An Introduction

      2 Searching for a Forum: Social Movements at the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations

      3 Wartime: Social Esteem and Social Citizenship in the Reconstruction Debates

      4 The Postwar Identity Emphasis: Rights, Universalism, and Virtue

      5 Charter Politics as Materialist Politics

      6 From Meech Lake to Charlottetown: Symbolic Power and Visions of Political Community

      7 Conclusion: Misrecognized Materialists in Canadian Constitutional Politics

      Notes

      Bibliography

      Index

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