3. What Does “Progressive” Mean? The Political Theory of Social Democracy and Reform Liberalism in Canada

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Ideology
6. 1. From Grant to Hayek: The Shifting Nature of Canadian Conservatism 21
7. 2. Canadian Liberalism as a Distinctive Tradition 42
8. 3. What Does “Progressive” Mean? The Political Theory of Social Democracy and Reform Liberalism in Canada 69
9. 4. It Don’t Mean a Thing if It Ain’t Got that Swing: Ideology in the Age of Emotion 92
10. Part II: Equality and Social Justice
11. 5. The Changing Normativity of the Canadian Welfare State 121
12. 6. “How We Treat Our Women Is Our Business!”: Legal Pluralism’s Impact on Women’s Citizenship in Federations 145
13. 7. Autonomy, Rights, and Euthanasia Policy: Lessons from John Stuart Mill 169
14. 8. What’s Wrong with Private Schools? 193
15. Part III: Democracy and Citizenship
16. 9. Deliberative Democracy: The Canadian Experience 219
17. 10. Democracy and the Problem of Constitutional Change in Canada 242
18. 11. Does Canada Have a Founding Moment? 265
19. Part IV: Ethnic Diversity and Minority Rights
20. 12. Self-Determination Theory: Political and Psychological 289
21. 13. Beyond Multiculturalism: Indigenous Normativity and the Search for a Legitimate Constitution 315
22. 14. Equality Rights, Multiculturalism, and Public Reason in Canada 343
23. Part V: Nationalism
24. 15. Lament for a Pre-modern Nation? George Grant and Michael Byers on Canadian Identity 363
25. 16. Culture and National Identity in Quebec 383
26. 17. The Conqueror’s Mask: Canada as an Empire-State 409
27. Part VI: Canada in the World
28. 18. The Legitimacy of Judicial Review: The Strength of the Weak 437
29. 19. Canada and the International Responsibilities to Protect and Prosecute in Cases of Mass Atrocity 459
30. 20. Immigration and Borders in Canada: Looking Outward, Looking Inward, and Breaking Away from Legacies 480
31. Contributors 503