Misrecognized Materialists Social Movements in Canadian Constitutional Politics 1st Edition by Matt James ISBN 0774840455 9780774840453

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ISBN 10: 0774840455

ISBN 13:  9780774840453

Author: Matt James

Canada’s history of intense constitutional debate is often depicted as a source of national embarrassment – a diversion from more sensible endeavours. Misrecognized Materialists tells a different story. Beginning with the Rowell-Sirois hearings of the Great Depression and concluding with the national unity wars of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Matt James details how groups representing marginalized constituencies – women, working-class people, and ethnocultural minorities – were able to use the Canadian constitutional arena to pursue traditionally neglected aspirations and concerns. With concrete illustrations and case studies, James questions the common tendency to interpret recognition struggles as departures from traditional “materialist” priorities such as economic security and personal safety. Ultimately, he argues that such materialist priorities were and are, in fact, at the heart of the fight for recognition for many marginalized groups.

A book with provocative implications for students and scholars of social movements and identity politics, Misrecognized Materialists offers a fresh and important perspective on Canadas constitutional struggles over civic symbolism and identity.

Table of contents:

1: Constitutional Politics and the Politics of Respect: An Introduction
2: Searching for a Forum: Social Movements at the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations
3: Wartime: Social Esteem and Social Citizenship in the Reconstruction Debates
4: The Postwar Identity Emphasis: Rights, Universalism, and Virtue
5: Charter Politics as Materialist Politics
6: From Meech Lake to Charlottetown: Symbolic Power and Visions of Political Community
7: Conclusion: Misrecognized Materialists in Canadian Constitutional Politics

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