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Case Critical
A classic text in social work education, Case Critical opens the door on Canada's social services from the perspective of social workers themselves, and service users or "cases", people whose voices we rarely hear. This completely revised and updated fifth edition includes new interviews and topics of discussion to reinforce Carniol's passionate case for social work as "liberation practice."
Wading Through Many Voices
Wading through Many Voices brings together the voices of Latino/a, African American, Asian American, Native American, and Euro-American scholars to produce a dialogue of public theology: how faith-communities, divided by race, class, ethnicity, and gender, can find a common ground for life together. The authors articulate a multiethnic perspective on public theology that counters the divisive identity politics of U.S. public life with systematic thinking that strengthens the commitment to critically transform social relations in light of a shared vision of public good. The contributors develop a shared public theology that addresses social divisions while offering readers a broad vision to collaborate and struggle for an improved understanding of the common good for our pluralistic society. In light of emerging social issues, the contributors suggest that a fundamental respect for difference is a required first value for living together in a common social and political space.
Canadian Law and Indigenous Self?Determination
Canadian Law and Indigenous Self-Determination demonstrates how, over the last few decades, Canadian law has attempted to remove Indigenous sovereignty from the Canadian legal, social, and political landscape.
From Recognition to Reconciliation
In From Recognition to Reconciliation, twenty leading scholars reflect on the continuing transformation of the constitutional relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state.
Uncertain Accommodation
In 1982, after decades of determined mobilization by Aboriginal groups and their allies, the government of Canada formally recognized Aboriginal rights within its Constitution. The move reflected a consensus that states should and could use constitutionally enshrined group rights to protect and accommodate subnational groups within their borders. Decades later, however, almost no one is happy with the current state of Aboriginal rights in Canada, nor is there a consensus on what is wrong with these rights or how they can be fixed. Uncertain Accommodation tells the story of what went wrong. Dimitrios Panagos argues that the failure of Canada’s Aboriginal rights jurisprudence is ultimately r...
Saskatchewan Politics
The essays in this volume cover a broad range of topics on Saskatchewan politics, including: the role of the legislature and the Governor General; political institutions (premiers, cabinets, public service, judiciary, commissions); political parties and their history; and social issues & the economy (public finance, health care reform, economic development, rural life, demographics, First Nations, public welfare, federal relations, the media). Appendices include a table of provincial electoral results 1905-99 and lists of Saskatchewan premiers, Lieutenant Governors, and presidents & chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
The Spaces in Between
The Spaces In Between illuminates how Indigenous peoples are carving out political space within the Canadian state to exercise political sovereignty over their own citizens, lands, and resources.
Crosscurrents
Turn your classroom into a forum for debate and discussion with the fourth edition of Crosscurrents! With its lively and effective yes/no debate format, Crosscurrents continues to provide students with a stimulating collection of essays that encourages the development of critical thought and analytic skills involving major issues of the day. The authors frame issues with well-written introductory essays and postscripts to further enhance the experience.Crosscurrents addresses major political issues in Canada and elsewhere, and contains debates on hot topics such as aboriginal self-government, changes to the electoral system, health care, school choice and many more! This is an ideal text to assign for tutorials and an optimal starting point for alternative resources and research.
