Most studies on the relationship between intellectuals and society take either a Marxist approach--that intellectuals speak for individual class interests--or claim that intellectuals are beyond class. This book is the first to offer a balanced assessment of the influence intellectuals have had on the historical development of their respective societies by analyzing their shifting ties to various calsses and social groups. Taking a comparative, historical approach, Intellectuals in Liberal Democracies covers Britain, Canada, France, Israel, Italy, the U.S., and West Germany.
Most studies on the relationship between intellectuals and society take either a Marxist approach--that intellectuals speak for individual class in...
Canadians often imagine their country as a multicultural democracy, while a few go further to claim that the country's diversity can be characterized as multinational in its social and institutional make-up. In Federalism, Citizenship, and Quebec, Alain-G. Gagnon and Raffaele Iacovino reveal how this notion has been falsely presented to the populace. Through comprehensive historical, contemporary, and critical accounts, they argue that the country has been the object of an aggressive nationalizing project that contravenes the principles of a 'multinational federation.' Gagnon and Iacovino...
Canadians often imagine their country as a multicultural democracy, while a few go further to claim that the country's diversity can be characteriz...
Alain G. Gagnon Montserrat Guibernau Francois Rocher
Examines how various political regimes manage multiple demands for recognition and how their respective approaches toward diversity affect the stability of the state. This book considers the theoretical, institutional, and legal conditions for the development of nations that exist within the boundaries of larger political institutions.
Examines how various political regimes manage multiple demands for recognition and how their respective approaches toward diversity affect the stabili...
This collection of original essays focuses on the relationship of social scientists to the state and public policy in the industrialized democracies. The comparative approach of this book provides the basis for broader generalization about the linkages between social science and social scientist and the modern state and political power. Social Scientists, Policy, and the State brings fresh analysis to specific issues that are important to a more general understanding of these linkages.
Part I examines the ways in which social scientists participate in the policy-making process. Part II...
This collection of original essays focuses on the relationship of social scientists to the state and public policy in the industrialized democracie...
