Misrecognized Materialists
Social Movements in Canadian Constitutional Politics
Distributed for University of British Columbia Press
Misrecognized Materialists
Social Movements in Canadian Constitutional Politics
A book with provocative implications for students and scholars of social movements and identity politics, Misrecognized Materialists offers a fresh and important perspective on Canada’s constitutional struggles over civic symbolism and identity.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
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
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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