Introduction: Unity and Politics
Part 1: Imagining Unity and Exclusion
1 Becoming One: Visions of Political Unity
2 On the Critique of Political Imaginaries
Part 2: Lived Fictions in Canadian Politics
3 A People without Sovereignty: Canada’s Constituent Power Problem
4 The Crown and the Aboriginal: Imaginaries of Sovereignty and Control
5 Embedded Neoliberalism: A New Imaginary for the Welfare State
6 Canada’s Multiverse: The Dis/Unity of Cultures
7 Institutions and Actions: A Vision of Democratization
Conclusion: Critique and Politics – Or, What Makes a Birthday Party Memorable
Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index