"In this collection of essays some of Canada's foremost writers and thinkers call for equilibrium among economics, culture and technological change. While promoting the dynamism and change possible in Canadian society, they also call for a re-examination of Canada's past in order to chart its future." (Book Cover)

« Dans ce recueil d'articles, certains des écrivains et théoriciens parmi les plus renommés au Canada mettent l'accent sur la nécessité d'un plus grand équilibre dans les transformations de l'économie, de la culture et de la technologie au XXIe siècle. Tablant sur le dynamisme de la société canadienne et sa capacité d'évoluer, les auteurs nous guident à travers une exploration de son passé pour mieux en esquisser l'avenir. » (4e de couverture)

TABLE OF CONTENTS - TABLE DES MATIÈRES :

Préface / Preface

Remerciements / Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION Perspectives sur la distinction canadienne au tournant du XXIe siècle =
Perspectives on the Canadian Disctinctiveness into the XXIst Century / Chad Gaffield

LOCUS IN QUO
The Inclusive Shape of Complexity / John Ralston Saul
Passer à l'avenir. Actualiser la canadianité / Jocelyn Létourneau
Survival Then and Now / Margaret Atwood

INDIVIDUALS, COLLECTIVITIES, AND THE STATE / INDIVIDUS, COLLECTIVITÉS ET ÉTAT
Toward a Baroque Governance in Twenty-first Century Canada / Gilles Paquet
Evolving State - Civil Society Relationships: The Beginning of a New Era? / Susan D. Phillips
Malentendus mutliculturels : France, États-Unis, Canada / Denis Lacorne
Aboriginal Peoples in the Twenty-first Century: A Plea for Realism / Alan C. Cairns

THE TEXTURE OF CANADIAN SOCIETY / LE CARACTÈRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE
Canadian Business: "No, I'm from Canada" / W. Michael Wilson
"I am Canadian!:" From Beer Commercials to Medicare: In Search of Identity / Monique Bégin
The Multicultural Wheel: The Texture of Canadian Society and Literature in the Twenty-first Century / Maya Dutt

CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND THE MARKET / CULTURE IDENTITÉ ET MARCHÉ
Packaging Canada/Packaging Places: Tourism, Culture, and Identity in the Twenty-first Century / C. Michael Hall
Canadian Disctinctiveness and Cultural Policy As We Enter the Twenty-first Century / Shirley L. Thompson
Pour une convention multilatérale sur la culture / Jean-Louis Roy
Identity and Otherness in Canadian Foreign Policy / Maria Teresa Gutiérrez-Haces

THE PLACE OF CANADA IN THE WORLD OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY / LE RÔLE DU CANADA SUR LA SCÈNE INTERNATIONALE AU VINGT ET UNIÈME SIÈCLE
The Canadian Military in the Security Environment of the Twenty-first Century / Donna Winslow
The Role of Canada in the International Context of the Twenty-first Century / Huguette Labelle
A Communications, Technology, and Societal Memory: A Distinct Canadian Archival Voice in the Global Village / Terry Cook
Canada One Hundred Years from Now: A Federation of Nations? / Jean Laponce
Metaphors and Maps: Imagining Canada into the Twenty-first Century / Lorna Irvine

Collaborateurs / Contributors