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9780774810210

Aboriginal Conditions : Research As a Foundation for Public Policy

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    9780774810210

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    0774810211

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-08-01
  • Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr
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Table of Contents

Tables and Figures vii
Acknowledgments xii
Introduction: The Focus of Aboriginal Conditions xiii
Jerry P. White
Part 1: Thinking Outside the Box: Building Models Based on Communities 3(32)
Jerry P. White
1 Social Capital, Social Cohesion, and Population Outcomes in Canada's First Nations Communities
7(32)
Jerry P. White and Paul S. Maxim
Part 2: The Limits of Our Knowledge and the Need to Refine Understandings 35(96)
Jerry P. White
2 Perils and Pitfalls of Aboriginal Demography: Lessons Learned from the RCAP Projections
39(24)
Don Kerr, Eric Guimond, and Mary Jane Norris
3 Impacts of the 1985 Amendments to the Indian Act on First Nations Populations
63(28)
Stewart Clatworthy
4 Changing Ethnicity: The Concept of Ethnic Drifters
91(17)
Eric Guimond
5 Aboriginal Mobility incl Migration Patterns and the Policy Implications
108(28)
Mary Jane Norris, Martin Cooke, and Stewart Clatworthy
Part 3: Confronting Culture with Science: Language and Public Policy 131(66)
Terry P. White
6 Aboriginal Language Retention and Socio-Economic Development: Theory and Practice
136(28)
Erin O'Sullivan
7 Aboriginal Language Transmission and Maintenance in Families: Results of an Intergenerational and Gender-Based Analysis for Canada, 1996
164(37)
Mary, Jane Norris and Karen MacCon
Part 4: Measuring and Predicting Capacity and Development 197(67)
Jerry P. White
8 An Application of the United Nations Human Development Index to Registered Indians in Canada, 1996
201(21)
Dan Beavon ard Martin Cooke
9 Dispersion and Polarization of Income among Al-original and Non-Aboriginal Canadians
222(26)
Pard S. Maxim, Jerry P. White, and Dan Beacon
10 Toward an Index of Community Capacity: Predicting Community Potential for Successful Program Transfer
248(16)
Paul S. Maxum and Jerry P. White
Conclusion: The Research-Policy Nexus - What Have We Learned? 264(7)
Jerry P. White
Notes on Contributors 271(2)
Index 273

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