According to reliable forecasts, by the year 2016 visible minorities will comprise 20 per cent 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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 305.8/00971
- General Note
- Essays originally presented at a conference held in Winnipeg, Nov. 25-27, 1996 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 0886293650 9780773574212
- LCCN
- F1035.A1
- LCCN Item number
- R237 2000eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (328 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00200799 (CaBNVSL)slc00200799 (CaBNVSL) (CaBNVSL)gtp00523324 (OCoLC)181843664 (CaOOCEL)403867
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- List of Tables and Figures 7
- Preface 10
- Contributors 12
- 1 The Race Challenge 2000 14
- I.CONCEPTS AND THE THEORIES 32
- 2 Historical and Political Reflections on Race 33
- 3 Race in the Canadian Census 46
- 4 Racial Integration: Theoretical Options 68
- 5 Individual versus Collective Rights in Quebec 90
- II.ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS 110
- 6 A Model of Refugee Resettlement 111
- 7 Economic Adaptation of Asian Immigrants 129
- 8 Employment Equity for Visible Minorities 147
- III. RACISM AND DISCRIMINATION 164
- 9 Public Opinion on Visible Minorities 165
- 10 Racism: Evidence from National Surveys 185
- 11 Discrimination: An Invisible Evil 199
- IV. MINORITIES COPING IN CITIES 216
- 12 Redefinitions of South Asian Women 217
- 13 Acculturation and Chinese Delinquency 248
- 14 Chinese Refugees Coping with Stress in Toronto 266
- References 290
- Index 334
- A 334
- B 334
- C 335
- D 335
- E 336
- F 336
- G 336
- H 336
- I 337
- J 337
- K 337
- L 337
- M 338
- N-O 338
- P-Q 339
- R 339
- S 340
- T 340
- U-V 341
- W 341
- Y-Z 341
