Monica Mi Hee Hwang, Edward Grabb, Jeffrey G Reitz

Social Inequality in Canada

Dimensions of Disadvantage

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Produktbeschreibung

The most comprehensive and accessible exploration of inequality in Canada today from leading Canadian scholars

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 7th edition
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 189mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780199037407
• ISBN-10: 019903740X
• Artikelnr.: 66226374

Autorenporträt

Monica Mi Hee Hwang is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan. She earned her BA (Hons) in sociology and French from Western University and received the university's Gold Medal at convocation. While in graduate school, she published two book chapters and four articles. She was named UBC's outstanding PHD graduate of 2014-2015. Edward Grabb is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at Western University. His areas of interest include Canadian and American society, social inequality and stratification, political sociology, race and ethnic relations, methodology and statistics. Jeffrey G. Reitz is Robert F. Harney Professor Emeritus of Ethnic, Immigration, and Pluralism Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He is also a faculty affiliate at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. His research examines the social, economic and political experiences of immigrant and ethnic populations.

Inhaltsangabe

* Contributors
* Preface
* Introduction: Social Inequality Now: Theoretical and Conceptual
Issues, Edward Grabb and Monica Mi Hee Hwang
* Part I Power and Class
* 1: Investigating Ownership Concentration, Transnational Connections,
and State Involvement in the Canadian Economy, Monica Mi Hee Hwang
and Edward Grabb
* 2: Corporate Power in 21st Century Canada, William K. Carroll
* 3: Breaking Down the Wealth Equation: Housing, Assets, and Debt,
Michelle Lee Maroto and Meryn Severson Mason
* Part II Socio-economic Bases of Social Inequality
* A. Income, Wealth, and Poverty
* 4: Poverty and Income Inequality: Measures and Trends, Deana
Simonetto and Peter Urmetzer
* 5: The Distribution of Wealth and Economic Inequality: Canada and the
World, James B. Davies
* B. Occupation
* 6: Inequalities in Work and Employment, Tracey L. Adams and Wolfgang
Lehmann
* 7: Social Class, Post-secondary Education, and Occupational Outcomes,
Harvey Krahn
* C. Education
* 8: Location Matters: Education and Employment Inequalities in
Northern and Rural Canada, David Zarifa, Cathlene Hillier, and Darcy
Hango
* 9: Exploring Definitions of Indigenous Student Success, Emily Milne
and Terry Wotherspoon
* 10: Immigration Pathways and Next Generation Outcomes: Caribbean and
Filipino Children of Caregivers, Philip Kelly and Cindy Maharaj
* Part III Social Justice and Inequality
* A. Ethnicity, Race, Language, and Ancestry
* 11: The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and First Nations
Issues: A Content Analysis of Major Canadian Media, 2014-2015,
Daniel Drache, Coral Voss, and Fred Fletcher
* 12: Racial Inequality, Social Cohesion, and Policy Issues in Canada,
Jeffrey G. Reitz and Rupa Banerjee
* B. Gender and Sexual Orientation
* 13: Neoliberalism, Gender, and the Gig Economy in Canada, Edward
Haddon
* 14: Changing Gender Time Distributions in Domestic Duties: 1986-2015,
Neil Guppy, Larissa Sakumoto, and Rima Wilkes
* 15: Gender Inequality and Family Patterns, Roderic Beaujot, Jianye
Liu, and Zenaida Ravanera
* 16: LGBTQ2S+ Employment and Earnings in Canada, Nicole Denier,
Shannon V.T.L. Mok, and Sean Waite
* C. Disability
* 17: Disability and Social Inequality over the Life Course, Kim Shuey
and Andrea Willson
* D. Region
* 18: Regional Inequality in Canada: An Enduring Issue?, Max Chewinski
and Catherine Corrigall-Brown
* Part IV Some Consequences of Social Inequality
* 19: Social Inequality and Health, Gerry Veenstra
* 20: COVID-19 and Prisons: A Perfect Storm of Illness, Isolation, and
Inequality, Sandra Dong Hee Hwang and Monica Mi Hee Hwang
* 21: Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program: Unequal by Design?, Monica
Mi Hee Hwang
* Glossary
* Index