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Have Canadian women gained from their pursuit of legal remedies to social, political, economic, and cultural inequalities? Is law a fruitful avenue for such struggles? Using liberal feminist, postmodern, critical, race, and queer theory, these essays confront the anti-rights critiques of the legal Left regarding the use of law in general and the Charter in particular. Several chapters explicitly examine the strategic limits and possibilities of the substantive equality rights approaches pursued by LEAF (The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund). Others focus on legal strategies mobilized in discreet areas of law and public policy by foreign domestic workers and racialized women, lesbians, women seeking reproductive freedom, women in the childcare movement, and anti-violence advocates. Recognizing the diversity of women across class, citizenship, race and ethnicity, sexual identity, culture, and (dis)ability, this collection evaluates the efficacy of the wide range of legal and political strategies women have employed, particularly in this post-Charter era. Women's Legal Strategies in Canada is the most comprehensive account of these important issues and will surely become the standard work in the field

Canada's development as a settler society between the 17th & 19th centuries was dominated by a British settler construct, the notion that the dominant culture, values, & institutions of Canadian society should replicate those of the mother country. That construct provided the context within which the sociohistorical events & conditions within Canada were interpreted, negotiated, & resisted, & produced a variety of gender, racial ethnic, & class relations. The specific impacts of the British settler construct during key eras of Canadian development are highlighted: (1) precontact period; (2) the fur trade era; (3) the French & British colonial periods; (4) postconfederation Canada; & (5) post-WWII Canada. Contemporary nationalist, racial/ethnic, & women's movement politics in Canada are discussed. 91 References. D. Generoli

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction / Jhappan, Radha / Abu-Laban, Yasmeen -- PART I: HISTORY AND THE POLITICS OF DEFINING AND REDEFINING NORTH AMERICA -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1: The "New World": Legacies of European Colonialism in North America / Jhappan, Radha -- CHAPTER 2: Nation-building and Regionalism in the US, Canada, and Mexico / Couture, Claude -- CHAPTER 3: The Roots of North American Economic Development / Gutiérrez-Haces, Teresa -- PART II: REDEFINING INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS: CONTINENTS, STATES, AND FEDERALISM -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 4: The Governance of North America: NAFTA's Complex Institutional Structure / Clarkson, Stephen / Rangaswami, Roopa -- CHAPTER 5: Birth of a Union: Lessons for North America from the European Union / Delia Sala, Vincent -- CHAPTER 6: Globalization and the Democratic Deficit: Challenging Times for Canada's Political Institutions / Bottomley, Samuel A. -- CHAPTER 7: Political Institutions in the United States / Burkhart, Ross E. -- CHAPTER 8: Political Institutions in Mexico / Crespo, José A. / Borrego, Norma / Ruelas, Ana Luz -- CHAPTER 9: National Institutions in North America: US, Canadian, and Mexican Federalism / Rocher, François / DiGiacomo, Gordon -- PART III: REDEFINING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RELATIONS: PUBLIC POLICIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER NAFTA -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 10: North American First Peoples: Self-Determination or Economic Development? / Castro-Rea, Julián / Altamirano-Jiménez, Isabel -- CHAPTER 11: Default Convergence? Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in North America / Schneiderman, David -- CHAPTER 12: Under Pressure: The Impasses of North American Labour Movements / Albo, Gregory / Trade, Crow -- CHAPTER 13: Ragged Cruelty? Social Policy Transformations in North America / Harder, Lois / Taylor, Marcus -- CHAPTER 14: Ten Years After: Continental Free Trade and Environmental Policy in North America / Juillet, Luc -- PART IV: REDEFINING SPATIAL RELATIONS: POST-9/11 BORDERS, MIGRATION, AND NATIONAL SECURITY -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 15: Migration in North America / Abu-Laban, Yasmeen -- CHAPTER 16: From the 49th Parallel to the Río Grande: US Homeland Security and North American / Gabriel, Christina / Macdonald, Laura -- CHAPTER 17: North American Security and Foreign Policy: Does a Trilateral Community Exist? / Hristoulas, Athanasios / Roussel, Stéphane -- PART V: REDEFINING CULTURAL RELATIONS: TOWARDS A NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNITY? -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 18: Economic Integration and North American Political Cultures / White, Stephen / Nevitte, Neil -- CHAPTER 19: Civil Society Organizing Under Continental Integration: The Promise and Limits of Community-Building "From Below" / Ayres, Jeffrey M. -- CHAPTER 20: Performing North America as Community / Brodie, Janine -- CHAPTER 21: Beyond NAFTA: The Emergence and Future of North America / Pastor, Robert A. -- Notes on Contributors -- Index