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The separation between public and private spheres has structured much of our thinking about human organizations. This collection of essays explores how the public-private divide influences, challenges, and interacts with law and law reform.
In the context of the recognition of the Maliseet of Viger First Nation (MVFN, now Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk) by Canada (1987) and Québec (1989), we propose to examine how and why this nation was forgotten. The story is set in a long-term perspective and in the broader context of the official recognition of Indigenous Peoples in Canada (1982), of Indigenous Nations in Québec (1985 and 2000) and of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007).
This bibliography lists the most important works published in sociology in 1993. Renowned for its international coverage and rigorous selection procedures, the IBSS provides researchers and librarians with the most comprehensive and scholarly bibliographic service available in the social sciences. The IBSS is compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science at the London School of Economics, one of the world's leading social science institutions. Published annually, the IBSS is available in four subject areas: anthropology, economics, political science and sociology.
The Genocide Convention explores the question of whether the law and genocide law in particular can prevent mass atrocities. The volume explains how genocide came to be accepted as a legal norm and analyzes the intent required for this categorization. The work also discusses individual suits against states for genocide and, finally, explores the utility of genocide as a legal concept.
Pour mieux comprendre et apprécier l’impact de la diversité ethnoculturelle sur le milieu scolaire et, par conséquent, sur la société, professeurs, chercheurs et praticiens du monde de l’éducation dressent un portrait de la diversité à l’oeuvre dans les écoles québécoises en contexte du vivre-ensemble. Pour ce faire, ils examinent les diverses pratiques d’accommodement et leurs aspects juridiques. Ils proposent un modèle d’éducation interculturelle intégrée dans la formation initiale des futurs enseignants et l’ajout d’une 13e compétence à leur formation initiale et continue. Ils jettent ensuite un regard attentif sur le processus de déconfessionnalisation des...
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Both historical and contemporary features of Canadian social welfare are explored in this wide-ranging and in-depth collection. Social Fabric or Patchwork Quilt explores the evolution of the Canadian social welfare state from a system based upon voluntarism and philanthropy to one in which the State's involvement has increased considerably. It also shows how the roles of governments at all levels have changed in recent times. Chapters describe the developing Canadian welfare state from Confederation to the present. Beginning with an integrative framework in the general introduction, the selected essays represent many perspectives: chronological, regional, multidisciplinary and ideological. A...
Peut-on proposer une culture publique commune sans être un État souverain ? Quelles sont les modalités d’une telle culture ? Quelles institutions la favorisent ou l’entravent ? De quels problèmes est-elle le symptôme ? Dans quelle mesure cette notion est-elle hospitalière à la diversité ? Plusieurs cultures publiques communes peuvent-elles coexister au sein d’un même État ? Ce livre sur la culture publique commune offre des réflexions complémentaires et en amont aux pratiques liées aux accommodements raisonnables au Québec. Grâce aux réflexions éclairantes de chacun des auteurs, les termes de la vie collective au Québec — ce qui en somme unit les Québécois — son...