Human rights & social technology : the new war on discrimination /

In this controversial critical analysis of Canada's anti-discrimination policy, the author addresses doubts.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knopff, Rainer, 1948- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Flanagan, Thomas, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa [Ont.] : Carleton University Press, 1989.
Colección:Carleton library ; #156.
Temas:
Human rights.
Civil rights > Canada.
Discrimination > Government policy > Canada.
Human Rights
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Droits de l'homme > Canada.
Discrimination > Politique gouvernementale > Canada.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Civil rights
Discrimination > Government policy
Human rights
Canada
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • Liberal Democracy vs. Guardian Democracy
  • Individual Treatment and the Proliferation of Protected Groups
  • Equal Results and the Decline of Action
  • II. POLICY DEVELOPMENT
  • Human Rights Legislation
  • Section 15 of the Charter
  • Systemic Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation
  • Systemic Discrimination and the Charter
  • Affirmative Action
  • III. THE PROTECTED GROUPS
  • What is a Minority?
  • Minorities, Groups and Aggregations
  • Three Kinds of Protected Groups
  • Overlapping Groups
  • Political DynamicsIV. INDIVIDUAL TREATMENT
  • The Paradox of Individualism
  • Knowledge and Decisions
  • Strategies for Promoting Individual Treatment
  • The Limits to Individual Treatment
  • Individual Treatment and Secondary Review
  • Rationalism and Depersonalization
  • V. EQUALITY AND DIFFERENCE
  • Three Kinds of Conformity
  • The Accommodationist Reaction
  • Religion
  • Culture
  • Sex
  • VI. SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION
  • Systemic Barriers and Direct Discrimination
  • Systemic Barriers and Equal Results
  • Systemic Discrimination and Guardian Democracy
  • Guardian Democracy and Constitutional Equality RightsVII. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
  • The Reconstruction of Merit
  • Animism and Inequality
  • Constructivism and Societal Discrimination
  • Affirmative Action as Social Technology
  • VIII. CONCLUSION
  • Animism and Behaviourism
  • Human Rights and Social Technology
  • APPENDIX: A Comment on Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
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