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Regarding the relationship of morality, law and democracy : on Habermas's Philosophy of law (1992) from a transcendental-pragmatic point of view / Karl-otto Apel -- Vicissitudes of transcendental reason / Joseph Margolis -- The epistemological promise of pragmatism / Tom Rockmore -- Forming competence : Habermas on reconstructing worlds and context-transcendent reason / Myra Bookman -- The sirens of pragmatism versus the priests of proceduralism : Habermas and American legal realism / David Ingram -- The problem of constitutional interpretive disagreement : can "discourses of application" help? / Frank I. Michelman -- Reconstructing the fourth dimension : a Deweyan critique of Habermas's conception of communicative action / Lenore Langsdorf -- Habermas, pragmatism, and the problem of aesthetics / Richard Shusterman -- Is objectivity perspectival? Reflextions on Brandom's and Habermas's pragmatist conceptions of objectivity / Cristina Lafont -- Habermas, Dewey, and the democratic self / Sandra B. Rosenthal -- Postscript : some concluding remarks / Jurgen Habermas

Elections dominated Canadian politics in 1996, despite there being no federal election. The fallout from Québec's narrowly defeated referendum on sovereignty the previous year drifted across 1996's political landscape. At the same time, though barely half-way into their mandate from the 1993 Federal election, Jean Chrétien's Liberal government gave every indication of gearing up for another vote in 1997. Sandwiched between these votes, 1996 saw three provincial elections, two MPs leave Ottawa to become provincial premiers, the election and subsequent resignation of a new Leader of the Opposition, and a series of federal by-elections. The by-elections were noteworthy for holding the possibility of displacing the Bloc Québécois from its status as Official Opposition, in favour of the conservative, western-based Reform Party. Featuring essays on parliament and politics, Ottawa and the provinces, foreign affairs and defence, the Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs provides a comprehensive account of the year's events. It is unique in its collection and presentation of the year's events, and has long been praised for its excellence.

Essential reading for an understanding of contemporary Quebec, The Dream of Nation traces the changing nature of various "dreams of nation," from the imperial dream of New France to the separatist dream of the 1980 referendum. Susan Mann demonstrates that these dreams, fashioned by elites in response to the recurring question of how to be French in North America, proposed an ever-elusive unanimity. She discusses how social, economic, and political pressures, as well as changing populations, invariably thwarted one dream and provided the makings of another. A work of pioneering scholarship and remarkable synthesis, The Dream of Nation weaves together two of the dominant ideologies of the twentieth century: nationalism and feminism. A new preface contextualizes the 1982 edition and outlines the different contours of Quebec's latest thoughts on sovereignty.

Quebec's referendum on sovereignty dominated politics and public affairs in Canada in 1995. While it seemed like everything else was eclipsed in importance, many other matters of consequence occurred. The economy was generally in a state of recovery, but there was not as much new employment as hoped. Governments at the federal and provincial level continued to grapple with budget deficits. Controversial new gun control legislation was introduced. Trade and peacekeeping dominated the foreign and defence policy agendas, with public confidence in peacekeeping and the Canadian military eroded by the ongoing Somalia affair. Featuring essays on Parliament and politics, Ottawa and the provinces, external affairs and defence, the Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs provides a comprehensive account of the year's events. The Canadian Annual Review has long been praised for its excellence. Known for its accuracy, readability, and insight, it offers a synoptic appraisal of the year's crises, controversies, and developments from both federal and provincial perspectives.

A journalist examines the war in Kosovo. PW Best Book of the Year - Nonfiction, 2002.