"Race" and ethnicity in Canada : a critical introduction

Satzewich, Vic 1961- (Author). Liodakis, Nikolaos. (Added Author).

Summary: The first edition of 'Race' and ethnicity in Canada was widely praised for its accessibility, organization, and well-balanced historical and contemporary coverage of 'race' and ethnic relations. In this extensively updated second edition, authors Vic Satzewich and Nikolas Liodakis build on these strengths through their exploration of some of the most important issues that effect Canadaians today, including immigration, multiculturalism, racism, and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations.

Record details

ISBN: 0195432290
ISBN: 9780195432299
Physical Description: xiv, 314 p. ; 23 cm.
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:

New March 2011.

All chapters contain learning objectives, key terms, questions for critical thought, debate questions, additional readings and related websites.

Formatted Contents Note:

Theories of ethnicity and 'race' -- Ethnicity: historical origins and approaches -- Self and other in the enlightenment -- Weberian approaches -- A short history of 'race' -- Modern struggles over and with 'race' -- The Chicago School -- Culturalism and its limitations -- Critical political economy -- Intersectional analysis -- Critical race theory -- Post-colonialism and 'whiteness' -- The dynamics of nation-building: French/English relations, Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relations, and immigration in historical perspective -- Immigration and the Canadian mosaic -- Why immigration? -- Contemporary immigration categories: debates and controversies -- Migrants on the margins -- Understanding social inequality: the intersections of ethnicity, gender and class -- The vertical mosaic: Porter's legacy -- Evidence for ethnic convergence? -- The new colour-coded vertical mosaic? -- A critical assessment of ethinic/'racial' inequality research -- Bringing class back in -- Identity and multiculturalism -- Understanding identity -- Ethnicity, 'race' and the Canadian census -- Meanings of multiculturalism -- Quebec's response: interculturalism and reasonable accommodation -- Racism -- 'Race' and racism -- Racism as a scientific doctrine -- Racism as a folk concept -- Racism, surveys, and public opinions -- Institutional racism -- Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal relations -- Labels, identities, and group boundaries -- Comparing collectivities: between-group differences -- Explaining Aboriginal conditions -- Stratification and differences within Aboriginal communities -- Transnationals or diasporas? Ethnicity and identity in a globalized context -- The genealogy of diaspora and transnationalism -- Diasporas -- Transnationalism -- Five critical comments.