Leo Driedger

Race and Ethnicity

Finding Identities and Equalities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Like its predecessor (Multi-Ethnic Canada: Identities and Inequalities, 1996), Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities is a comprehensive survey of race and ethnic relations in Canada . Combining insights from many disciplines besides sociology-including anthropology, psychology, economics, politics, and history-it begins with an introductory review of theoretical concepts before moving on to examine empirical demographic data, ethnic identity and solidarity, socioeconomic stratification, and finally, racism and human rights. Throughout, the focus is on issues in the Canadian experience, past and present-from the expulsion of the Acadians and the execution of Louis Riel to Quebec nationalism, the wartime internment of Japanese-Canadians, First Nations land claims, and the discrimination faced by visible minorities.

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This book examines ethnic pluralism and industrialization, as well as theories of ethnic change, such as assimilation, amalgamation, and the ethic mosaic. Chapters also deal with class, socio-economic status, and the segregation of minorities. These aspects set the book apart from competition in the purely multicultural camp.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 181mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780195417463
• ISBN-10: 0195417461
• Artikelnr.: 21344398

Autorenporträt

(Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba, Canada)

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Part I: Finding a Theoretical Focus
Chapter 1: Ethnic Pluralism and Industrialization
Max Weber and Ethnic Identity
Industrial Change: A Major Classical Concern
Ethnicity and the Chicago School
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Chapter 2: Theories of Ethnic Change and Persistence
Sorting Theories of Ethnic Change
Finding a Conceptual Model
Ideal Ethnic Types
Postmodern Calls for Diversity
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Part II: Providing an Empirical Context
Chapter 3: A Demographic History
Immigration and Demography
The Canadian Population
Demographic Ethnic Types
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Chapter 4: Multicultural Regionalism
Regionalism: A Sense of Place
Canadian Ethnic Regions
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Part III: Dimensions of Identity and Solidarity
Chapter 5: Language and the Quebecois 'Nation'
The Quebecois Setting
Language: A Francophone Symbol System
Studies in Quebecois Solidarity and Change
Federalist Versus Separatist Dialectics
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Chapter 6: Ethnic Identity and Identification
Theories of Ethnic Identity
Ethnic Identification Factors
Ethnocultural Identity Dimensions
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Chapter 7: Construction of a Sacred Reality
In Searh of Sacred Socialization
Construction of Sacred Canopies
Sacred Enclavic Communities
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Part IV: Stratification: Power, Status, Inequalities
Chapter 8: Class and Socioeconomic Status
Theories of Stratification
Empirical Studies of Power and Status
Socioeconomic Status and Mobility
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Chapter 9: Apartheid: Segregation of Minorities
Perspectives on Segregation
Ethnic Residential Concentrations
Apartheid: Studies in Segregation
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Chapter 10: Race and Historic Racism
Classification of Humans
Racism in Historical Perspective
Immigration and Race
Historic Racism
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Part V: In Search of Human Rights and Freedoms
Chapter 11: Racism: Prejudice and Discrimination
Democratic Racism
Attitudes Toward Pluralism
Indicators of Racism
Differential and Unfair Treatment
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Chapter 12: The Quest for Human Rights
Individual Rights and Freedoms
Ethnicity and Collective Rights
Summary
Critical Thinking Questions
Suggested Readings
Appendices
References
Index