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Tim Schouls - Shifting Boundaries: Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory, and the Politics of Self-Government - 9780774810463 - V9780774810463
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Shifting Boundaries: Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory, and the Politics of Self-Government

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Description for Shifting Boundaries: Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory, and the Politics of Self-Government Hardback. Using relational pluralism as a theoretical lens, the author takes a fresh look at the complex issue of aboriginal self-government. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSL9; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 549.

Canada is often called a pluralist state, but few commentators view Aboriginal self-government from the perspective of political pluralism. Instead, Aboriginal identity is framed in terms of cultural and national traits, while self-government is taken to represent an Aboriginal desire to protect those traits. Shifting Boundaries challenges this view, arguing that it fosters a woefully incomplete understanding of the politics of self-government.

Taking the position that a relational theory of pluralism offers a more accurate interpretation, Tim Schouls contends that self-government is better understood when an “identification” perspective on Aboriginal identity is adopted instead of a “cultural” or “national” one. He ... Read more

In focusing on relational pluralism, Shifting Boundaries adds an important perspective to existing theoretical approaches to Aboriginal self-government. It will appeal to academics, students, and policy analysts interested in Aboriginal governance, cultural studies, political theory, nationalism studies, and constitutional theory.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774810463
SKU
V9780774810463
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About Tim Schouls
Tim Schouls divides his time between the University of British Columbia and Capilano College, teaching and doing research in Canadian politics, Aboriginal governance issues, and political theory.

Reviews for Shifting Boundaries: Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory, and the Politics of Self-Government
This is an academically courageous effort, fording into an area well marked in Canada ... Tim Schoul’s book is important as it gives us a window into how Aboriginal self-government policy in Canada may indeed develop once a period of “treaty federalism” is over. We can only hope that his “relational pluralism” – highly-contextually defined, open to renegociation, driven by ... Read more

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