Shifting Boundaries: Aboriginal Identity, Pluralist Theory, and the Politics of Self-Government

by Tim Schouls

Canada is often called a pluralist state, but few commentators view Aboriginal self-government from the perspective of political pluralism. Instead, Aboriginal identity is framed in terms of cultural and national traits, while self-government is taken to represent an Aboriginal desire to protect those traits. Shifting Boundaries challenges this view, arguing that it fosters a woefully incomplete understanding of the politics of self-government. Taking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774810475
• ISBN13: 9780774810470
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"