Citizenship Diversity And Pluralism

Download or read book Citizenship, Diversity, and Pluralism written by Alan Cairns and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1999 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Citizenship is a linking mechanism that in its most perfect expression binds the citizenry to the state and to each other. In Citizenship, Diversity, and Pluralism leading scholars assess the transformation of these two dimensions of citizenship in increasingly diverse and plural modern societies, both in Canada and internationally. Subjects addressed include the changing ethnic demography of states, social citizenship, multiculturalism, feminist perspectives on citizenship, aboriginal nationalism, identity politics, and the internationalization of human rights.