Bare and Impolitic Right : Internment and Ukrainian-Canadian Redress

by Kordan, Bohdan S.; Mahovsky, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780773526945
• ISBN10: 0773526943
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: McGill Queens Univ

Summary

When must a current government attempt to come to terms with the wrongs of governments long past? In A Bare and Impolitic Right Bohdan Kordan and Craig Mahovsky examine the internment of Ukrainian Canadians during the Great War and explore the political, philosophical, and ethical dimensions of redress. Situating the campaign for Ukrainian-Canadian redress within a wider discussion on political leadership and transitional justice, the authors argue that, by reaffirming the values that are central to a rule-based society, symbolic redress might not only play an important role in reconciling the past with present and future generations but also aid the country to reconnect with those foundational traditions that inform Canadian political culture.

Author Biography

Bohdan S. Kordan, professor and chair of political studies at St Thomas More College, is the author of Enemy Aliens, Prisoners of War: Internment in Canada during the Great War Craig Mahovsky, formerly a human rights officer for the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission, is a policy analyst for the government of Alberta

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	ix
INTRODUCTION: HISTORY AND REDRESS	3	(8)
Part One: What Went Wrong?
1 Internment in Canada: A Perspective	11	(16)
2 The Nature of the Historical Wrong	27	(18)
Part Two: Putting Things Right
3 Redress and Democratic Dialogue,1980's On	45	(18)
4 Symbolic Redress: Reconciliation, Restoration, Responsibility	63	(8)
NOTES	71	(22)
INDEX	93