Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: The Challenge of Cultural Pluralism Stephen Brooks xi
Part I Political Culture in New World Societies
1 Is Canada De-Europeanized--Or Does Anyone Remember? Gordon T. Stewart 3
2 No Place for "Race"?: Why Pluralist Theory Fails to Explain the Politics of "Race" in "New Societies" Jill Vickers 15
3 The Narcissism of Minor Differences: Reflections on the Roots of English Canadian Nationalism Stephen Brooks 39
Part II Consociationalism Revisited
4 Accommodating Multinationality: Is the European Commission a Case of Consociational or Weberian Administration? Liesbet Hooghe 55
5 The Consociational Theory and Deliberative Politics: A Conceptual Framework for Cross-National Analysis Andre Bachtiger, Markus Sporndli, and Jurg Steiner 77
6 From Jean Bodin to Consociational Democracy and Back Can Erk, and Alain-G. Gagnon 95
7 Althusian Federalism for a Post-Westphalian World Thomas O. Hueglin 105
Part III Constitutional Reform and Language Policy
8 Causes and Effects of Constitutional Changes in Multilingual Belgium Kris Deschouwer 121
9 Revisiting Bilingualism and Biculturalism in Canada Milton J. Esman 141
10 The Politics of Language in Quebec: Keeping the Conflict Alive A. Brian Tanguay 147
Appendix 167
References 171
Index 185
About the Contributors 189
Introduction: The Challenge of Cultural Pluralism Stephen Brooks xi
Part I Political Culture in New World Societies
1 Is Canada De-Europeanized--Or Does Anyone Remember? Gordon T. Stewart 3
2 No Place for "Race"?: Why Pluralist Theory Fails to Explain the Politics of "Race" in "New Societies" Jill Vickers 15
3 The Narcissism of Minor Differences: Reflections on the Roots of English Canadian Nationalism Stephen Brooks 39
Part II Consociationalism Revisited
4 Accommodating Multinationality: Is the European Commission a Case of Consociational or Weberian Administration? Liesbet Hooghe 55
5 The Consociational Theory and Deliberative Politics: A Conceptual Framework for Cross-National Analysis Andre Bachtiger, Markus Sporndli, and Jurg Steiner 77
6 From Jean Bodin to Consociational Democracy and Back Can Erk, and Alain-G. Gagnon 95
7 Althusian Federalism for a Post-Westphalian World Thomas O. Hueglin 105
Part III Constitutional Reform and Language Policy
8 Causes and Effects of Constitutional Changes in Multilingual Belgium Kris Deschouwer 121
9 Revisiting Bilingualism and Biculturalism in Canada Milton J. Esman 141
10 The Politics of Language in Quebec: Keeping the Conflict Alive A. Brian Tanguay 147
Appendix 167
References 171
Index 185
About the Contributors 189