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Explaining the resurgence of Métis rights: Making the most of 'windows of opportunity'.
- Source :
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Canadian Public Administration . Mar2017, Vol. 60 Issue 1, p48-67. 20p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Characterized as 'Canada's forgotten people' since their defeat in the 1885 Battle of Batoche, the Métis have recently re-emerged on Canada's policy agenda. How did the Métis, once vilified as traitors of Confederation, come to re-position themselves as a rights-bearing Aboriginal group in the Canadian federation? In this article, we apply John Kingdon's (1995) multiple streams model to help explain the resurgence of Métis rights on Canada's contemporary policy agenda. We argue that the changing legal and political landscape that surrounded Canada's crisis of unity provided a window of opportunity that allowed Métis policy entrepreneurs to bring the issue of Métis rights onto Canada's policy agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00084840
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Public Administration
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121744611
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/capa.12196