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9780886293628

Race and Racism : Canada's Challenge

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  • ISBN13:

    9780886293628

  • ISBN10:

    0886293626

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr
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Summary

It is forecast that by the year 2016 visible minorities will comprise 20 percent of the Canadian population; the proportion of people of colour to whites is already higher than that in some metropolitan centres. At a time when governments across Canada are seeking information and guidance on issues of race and racism, this balanced and thoroughly up-to-date collection of essays is a vital contribution to the field.

Race and Racism brings together critical contributions from the academic and government sectors that analyse the nature and extent of racism in Canada. The broad spectrum of social scientific approaches represented here -- sociology, cultural anthropology, demography, and psychology -- and an equal emphasis on quantitative and qualitative methods make this study a particularly rich source for scholars and policy-makers alike. Discussion unfolds along four main themes: concepts and theories relating to race (including some treatment of measurement questions), economic and social factors pertaining to race, racism, and discrimination (as represented

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
vi
Preface ix
Contributors xi
The Race Challenge 2000
1(19)
Leo Driedger
Shiva S. Halli
I. CONCEPTS AND THE THEORIES
Historical and Political Reflections on Race
20(13)
Sylvia Wargon
Race in the Canadian Census
33(22)
Monica Boyd
Gustave Goldman
Pamela White
Racial Integration: theoretical Options
55(22)
Leo Driedger
Shiva S. Halli
Individual versus Collective Rights in quebec
77(21)
Joseph O'Shea
II. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS
A Model of Refugee Resettlement
98(18)
Nancy Higgitt
Economic Adaptation of Asian Immigrants
116(18)
Ravi B. P. Verma
Kwok Bun Chan
Employment Equity for Visible Minorities
134(18)
T. John Samuel
Aly Karam
III. RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION
Public Opinion on Visible Minorities
152(20)
Leo Driedger
Angus Reid
Racism: Evidence from National Surveys
172(14)
John Berry
Rudolf Kalin
Discrimination: An Invisible Evil
186(18)
Donald W. Taylor
Stephen Wright
Karen Ruggiero
IV. MINORITIES COPING IN CITIES
Redefinitions of South Asian Women
204(31)
Helen Ralston
Acculturation and Chinese Delinquency
235(18)
Siu Kwong Wong
Chinese Refugees Coping with Stress in Toronto
253(24)
Guang Tian
References 277(44)
Index 321

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