Separate But Unequal - Widdowson, Frances

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Résumé :
Separate but Unequal provides an in-depth critique of the ideology of parallelism--the prevailing view that Indigenous cultures and the wider Canadian society should exist separately from one another in a nation-to-nation relationship. Using the Final Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples as an example, this historical and material analysis shows how the single-minded pursuit of parallelism will not result in a more balanced relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. On the contrary, it merely restores archaic economic, political, and ideological forms that will continue to isolate the Indigenous population. This book provides an alternative framework for examining Indigenous dependency. This new perspective--the political economy of neotribal rentierism--shows that Indigenous Peoples' circumstances have been inextricably linked to the development of capitalism in Canada. While Indigenous Peoples were integral participants in the fur trade, the transition from mercantilism to industrial capitalism led to their marginalization. This book is published in English. - Separate but Unequal fournit une analyse approfondie de l'id?ologie du parall?lisme - la vision dominante selon laquelle les cultures autochtones et la soci?t? canadienne en g?n?ral devraient vivre s?par?ment les unes des autres dans une relation de nation ? nation. En s'appuyant sur le rapport final de la Commission royale sur les peuples autochtones, cette analyse historique et mat?rielle montre que les propositions parall?listes visant ? accro?tre l'autonomie des Autochtones dans tous les aspects des politiques publiques ne se solderont pas en une relation plus ?quilibr?e entre peuples autochtones et non autochtones, ?tant donn? qu'elles ne font que r?tablir des formes ?conomiques, politiques et id?ologiques archa?ques qui continueront d'isoler la population autochtone. Elle propose de recadrer la question de la d?pendance autochtone en ayant recours ? la notion de renti?risme n?otribal. Ce cadre d'?conomie politique met en lumi?re le fait que les conditions des peuples autochtones ont ?t? inextricablement li?es au d?veloppement du capitalisme au Canada. Ce livre est publi? en anglais.

Biographie:
Frances Widdowson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University. She has co-written and co-edited (with Albert Howard) two books on aboriginal policy - Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation, short-listed for the Donner Prize, and Approaches to Aboriginal Education in Canada: Searching for Solutions. She is currently editing a volume on Indigenizing the University, as well as undertaking an investigation of how advocacy studies are murdering the human sciences.